14 DAY TRIAL // What with climate change and global warming progressing at a rapid pace, it's no wonder scientists keep pestering us into embracing a more sustainable lifestyle.
Now, we're all accustomed to hearing that we should stop burning fossil fuels and turn our attention to greener energy sources. Interestingly, small changes in our diet could also help limit climate change and global warming.
One very simple change that could make a world of a difference is giving up beef, pork and the like and replacing them with insects. Yup, bugs are the meat of the future.
In a recent report, researcher John Coupland at Penn State University reveals the top 7 reasons we should put our fears and completely unfounded disgust behind us and dig into a plate of fried, grilled or sautéed insects already.
For starters, bugs have a surprisingly high protein content, Science Daily explains. Thus, crickets are known to pack about 65% protein, whereas beef only contains about 50%.
Besides, studies have shown that, while containing a great deal of nutrients such as vitamins, minerals and fatty acids of the good kind, insects are fairly low in fat. Consequently, they won't add love handles to our waistlines.
Just like the beef, the pork and the chicken we have grown to love, insects can be boiled, roasted, baked or used to make all sorts of delicious dishes. Unlike cattle and the like, however, they can be farmed with a minimum of resources.
Lastly, they taste great - some say they are kind of, sort of like shrimp or chicken - and seeing how there are thousands of species scattered all across the globe, availability is definitely not an issue.