Compare: I chose to talk about a Taboo which was from our chapter three. The Taboo definition was “A norm ingrained so deeply that even thinking about violating it evokes strong feelings of disgust.” and i can relate to that when the subject of eating insects is brought up. Since we were little we were told “no, gross, don’t touch them” talking about bugs. That makes us grow and believe there gross, and not to be messed around with, like i still do today. But many people in Asian countries are starting to change their beliefs. There has been many studies recently about how much healthier bugs are and how there so little calories but, a lot of protein. I feel eventually this taboo is going to be overturned and become a part of people’s diets (most likely not mine). Because as the world population is rising so is the need of food, and there are so many insects they would be an easy source.
Article Summary: This Article talks about how people should be adding insects to their diet, This is for many reasons, like they let out less greenhouse gases and ammonia than cattle or pigs and require less land for rearing they also have less breeding time so we would be able to make mass quantities in small amounts of time. The insects also feed on waste and would help clean up and cause less contamination to the earth. As of right now insects are a big part of two millions people’s diets. In Southeast Asia there is around 200 species of insects being cooked and served regularly for people today. And in Congo caterpillars are a huge part of their diet as they explain it has a “fruity nutty flavor”. “One household, in the Congolese capital of Kinshasa, eats about 300 g of caterpillars a week on average. This equates to an astonishing 96 tonnes of caterpillars consumed in the city annually.” That is a lot of bugs, but it works for their diet.
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