Kofi Annan: Eat Bugs To Stop Global Warming
Source: Daily Caller
Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan wants you to eat more insects. Why? Its better for the environment and your health, he argues.
Keeping meat consumption to levels recommended by health authorities would lower emissions and reduce heart disease, cancer, and other diseases, Annan told The Guardian Sunday.
And of course there are alternative sources of protein. For example, raising insects as an animal protein source, Annan said. Insects have a very good conversion rate from feed to meat. They make up part of the diet of two billion people and are commonly eaten in many parts of the world.
Eating insects is good for the environment and balanced diets, Annan said.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2015/05/04/kofi-annan-eat-bugs-to-stop-global-warming/
The original source:
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/03/kofi-annan-interview-climate-change-paris-summit-sceptics
Wilms
(26,795 posts)Despite all the potential knee-jerk revulsion, its important to remember that like all the animals we eat, insects share the planet with us. They outnumber us by a wide margin. If anything, we share the Earth with them. To have insects spice up our food is unavoidable, but harmless. The op-ed pieces screaming about what gross stuff the FDA lets us eat are over-blown and under-informed. Think of how many pounds of food you have eaten in your lifetime. How many plates were infested, and how many times were you hospitalized with chitin-related injuries? The fact of the matter is that insects were here first. We do our best to minimize our contact with them, but the circle of life offers the little creepy crawlies up as a viable, nutritious food source, and we should embrace that.
After all, humans have eaten insects for millennia, and one day they will return the favor.
tecelote
(5,122 posts)"humans have eaten insects for millennia"
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)Nopiddy Nope Nope!
Unless they are ocean bugs. I'll eat ocean bugs like shrimp and crabs.
Roy Rolling
(6,943 posts)When animal slaughter isn't efficient enough we turn to insect slaughter? The problem is SLAUGHTER. It isn't a sustainable policy.
The answer is plant-based food for humans, not double-down on a failed method.
When there are unlimited resources, animal slaughter doesn't "break the system". But when there are humans on every square inch of the planet there is not enough water or other resources to sustain animal slaughter.
Even a planet has its capacity.
Bosonic
(3,746 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Mosby
(16,401 posts)chernabog
(480 posts)Why?
GGJohn
(9,951 posts)especially smothered in BBQ sauce, onions, mushrooms and grilled on a charcoal BBQ.
Yummmmmy.
Major Nikon
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In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)GGJohn
(9,951 posts)Juror #1 got it right, it was sarcasm.
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truthisfreedom
(23,164 posts)Retrograde
(10,175 posts)aka grasshoppers. They clean them, remove the shell, head and legs, then marinate them in chiles and lime juice, and grill them. What you get is a spicy, meaty little morsel, not unlike a small shrimp. And I believe locusts are kosher, unlike most molluscs and crustaceans.
So why would an invertebrate source of animal protein turn you to veganism? How is muscle from an insect different than muscle from a cow or sheep or chicken?
tecelote
(5,122 posts)No Pesticides
No Hormones
Non-GMO
Can grown on bio-waste
Can be grown in urban areas
Grown by local farmers not big corporations (so far)
Twice the protein of beef
High in iron and calcium
Low in fat
All 9 essential amino acids
Omega 6:3 ratio of 3:1
Chitin Fibre A source of Prebiotics used as an antimicrobial gut agent
Healthy for you and healthy for the planet.
handmade34
(22,759 posts)dembotoz
(16,864 posts)sure why not
if ground up and formed into patties....
drm604
(16,230 posts)but intellectually I recognize the wisdom in this.
Grind them up and use them as an additive to burgers or flour. It's good for you and good for the environment.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)tecelote
(5,122 posts)By 1960 we were 3 billion.
Within 50 years we'll be 10 billion.
Meat is not an option. Too much land and water use.
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meat - seafood - fruits - vegetables - beans - nuts - grains - dairy - eggs
Why not Insects? Maybe that's what's missing in our diets.
roamer65
(36,748 posts)I have greatly reduced my meat consumption anyway.
GGJohn
(9,951 posts)I'll continue to eat meat, be it beef, venison, chicken, pork, turkey, etc.
If Kofi wants to eat bugs, he's welcome to.
truthisfreedom
(23,164 posts)Take all that protein and make me some real lab meat with it. Something I can broil that won't smell like burned hair.
lordsummerisle
(4,651 posts)I'm always impressed when people will readily eats cows and pigs but are revolted by the thought of eating insects (which as noted we're doing anyway), even if they're ground up. Here's one company I came across that uses cricket flour for protein bars (I have no financial interest):
https://www.exoprotein.com/
From the icky files I also had an idea of going into cockroach infested areas with some means to attract, capture and render them to make them palatable (and I guess unrecognizable). You'd be getting rid of a pest and providing snacks to boot...
jwirr
(39,215 posts)former9thward
(32,122 posts)Answer: None. The only people eating insects are those who are starving.
Puzzledtraveller
(5,937 posts)The oligarchs need to remain strong, they can't suffer any bottom feeders cutting in on their food supply.
tecelote
(5,122 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)I can (and do) get these locally. Naturally they are more expensive, but if I'm going to take the time to cook a chicken, I want the best I can get.
tecelote
(5,122 posts)A whole store of just bugs to eat: http://www.EntoMarket.com
jamzrockz
(1,333 posts)roasted giant termite before, trust me, they do taste like chicken. I am completely serious about this, it tastes like white meat on chicken