How many times have you already heard that we should start eating insects flour to save our Climate Earth?
World Climate Declaration from 27th June 2022 has been signed from more than 1200 researchers, led by the Nobel Prize for physics Professor Ivar, saying that no climate emergency from industrialization is happening. We are just passing through some cold and hot phases.
CO2 level increases are correct and they cannot be underestimated but for the moment we can observe that vegetables production has been increased by 23% thanks to a higher concentration of volatile carbon to be fixed into organic carbon chains (wood, fibers and so on).
So, are we facing a fight against climate change or are we facing a war against healthy foods for healthy people?
On one side we cannot underestimate the impact of CO2 on our life and the eutrophication of lakes and seas, but yes, CO2 limitation is one thing. Climate change is another. They are related but they can be managed in different forms.
Articles about insects based food go back to 2020, where 500 tonnes of insect based food were already produced. Have these years been a sort of open-air laboratory test somewhere in the world?
I truly think so.
And insects flour has become regularly possible since a couple of weeks in European Union thanks to a new law that allow the integration of insect flour to food where cereal flour is already present.
What about vegetarians and vegans? They will be forced to look for it in any cereal-derived food they will be eating.
At the moment there is a lack of studies for the health impact of insects on humans. Anyway, some of them (Article 1, Article 2) are already clearly stating that they can potentially accumulate chemicals and heavy metals and even producing some substances interfering with human metabolism.
So, we actually moved from here
Source: https://dontwastethecrumbs.com/flour-bugs/
To here:
Yes, there is some sarcasm here, but that’s how they try to fool us.
How are they going to try to persuade you that insects are important for climate?
Saying that intensive breeding create a lot of CO2 and methane, they destroy a lot of potential forest areas and so on.
Source: https://www.carnisostenibili.it/en/the-truth-about-intensive-farming-in-italy/
Unfortunately, they forget to mention that 17% of the Food is wasted (UNEX Food Waste Report 2021). Disposed. Thrown away. And more than 700 millions of people are starving. Are you already guessing who has been testing the insect based food in these years?
Reducing waste of foods and educating people to a healthier diet are the two solutions that MUST be addressed from conscious people.
How much meat does our body really need to eat? Not as much as you think
How much can we replace supplements with a vegetarian diet with no meat and little or no fish?
In full, keeping attention on what we eat, on discovering new foods and paying attention to the source of the vegetables/fruit/legumes/cereals that we are buying. If they are from intensive growth they will be much poor and they will not be sufficient for the body. But if you start looking for seasonal and local vegetables, organic when possible you will have much more supplements available!
So, are we sure that all this insect stuff is really meant for our health and the climate change?
