Disgusting nutritionally

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Leaf-cutting ants (400 kcal per 100 grams of weight) vs chocolate (550 calories per 100 grams of weight)
Photo: Ant Boy / Flickr / image bank PressFoto

Despite the aversion of the population of Western countries to eating insects, the UN hopes to change attitudes towards entomophages. It is planned to organize a campaign in which scientists will educate the public on issues related to the use of insects as food. As a result, it is hoped the UN, progressive people pay attention to this untapped resource. Finally, remind the organization, the food is largely determined by the habits and fashion.





Track mopane (540 milligrams phosphorus per 100 grams of weight) vs veal (200 milligrams phosphorus per 100 grams of weight)
Photo: gregw66 / Flickr / Poster Food

Different preferences in food, usually due to differences in culture, which, in turn, formed under the influence of religious beliefs. Mention entomophages contained in the Christian, Islamic and Jewish literature. For example, a passage from the Bible: "All winged insects that go upon all four [feet], an abomination to you; of every creeping thing that goeth four [feet], may eat those which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth; So eat of them: the locust according to its kind, the bald locust after his kind, the cricket according to its kind, and the grasshopper according to its kind "(Leviticus, chapter 11)



Mealworms (90 grams of omega-6 100 grams of weight) vs beef (10 grams of omega-6 100 grams of weight)
Photo: eworm / Flickr / Poster Food

In Europe, one of the first references to the use of insects as food is to the ancient Greek period. "Beget they [cicadas] and reeds that support the vines and stems skills. These rudiments then fall down on the ground. They arise in large numbers in the rainy season. The worm, which grew in the ground, it becomes tsikadnoy uterus, and then they are the most delicious, before bursting shell "(" History of Animals "Aristotle).



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