Eh, I've never been against bugs as a potential alternative protein source, just the ridiculous pushing of it as some grand decision to save the environment. As long as its its appropriately processed for safety and labeled to allow consumer choice, go right ahead.
I still dont believe there is any possibility of an insect based food product being anything more than a gimmick for at least another decade, and even then it will be pricey specialty items like plant based stuff was 5-10 years ago. The ability to safely(!) produce insects on a sufficiently industrial scale to be profitable as anything other than a relatively expensive niche item simply isn't possible currently.
Insects are way more sketchy than GMO food, where they add a couple genes here and there, okay, but 99.9% is exactly the same as we've been eating since forever.
We've eaten some bugs like lobsters, I don't think we ever been eating insects as a major source of food since we were the size of rodents, so we haven't evolved to handle whatever doesn't sit well with our systems - maybe there isn't anything, but shouldn't be something we go all in on.
Eh, I've never been against bugs as a potential alternative protein source, just the ridiculous pushing of it as some grand decision to save the environment. As long as its its appropriately processed for safety and labeled to allow consumer choice, go right ahead. I still dont believe there is any possibility of an insect based food product being anything more than a gimmick for at least another decade, and even then it will be pricey specialty items like plant based stuff was 5-10 years ago. The ability to safely(!) produce insects on a sufficiently industrial scale to be profitable as anything other than a relatively expensive niche item simply isn't possible currently.
Insects are way more sketchy than GMO food, where they add a couple genes here and there, okay, but 99.9% is exactly the same as we've been eating since forever.
We've eaten some bugs like lobsters, I don't think we ever been eating insects as a major source of food since we were the size of rodents, so we haven't evolved to handle whatever doesn't sit well with our systems - maybe there isn't anything, but shouldn't be something we go all in on.
I think that's kinda false. Various ants and beetles have been a food source for some cultures for a long time.
I kind of admitted that when I said "like lobsters".
It's never been a primary food source, and certainly not for years at a time.
We're not going to eat a bug-burger and immediately go into spasms and croak, but long term immune and cancer problems are not out of the question.