Want to know what all the fuzz about crickets is? Well, you’ve come to the right place. And thank you, we need more people like you. There are many reasons why you should eat crickets but unfortunately, you won’t have the time needed to go through all of them. You probably have to go to work and all that.
So I thought we would at least go over ten of the reasons to why we should eat crickets starting today.
We won’t just go through the selfish reasons. Reasons like why it’s good for your health, but also things that can benefit others around the world and the environment.
In this article:
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1# The environment
Of course, the environment is of massive importance an effect us all in radical ways. We now start to see the effects of global warming, not just in warmer countries, but in The US and Europe as well. With an ever-growing population on a finite planet means straining our land, our oceans, and with a growing need for energy. The fact of the matter is we need to be resourceful when it comes to the matter of water. You see, it’s said by the year 2025, not too far away, 1.8 billion people will suffer from absolute water scarcity and two-thirds of the world population will likely be strained.
Agriculture completely devoure our fresh water supply. Consider the fact it consumes roughly 70 percent of freshwater across the world.
That’s something to keep in mind. We also know our cars, planes, and our electricity, unless otherwise specified comes from fossil fuel. This alongside an evermore strained climate. We need, and most importantly, need to want to take steps toward combating anthropogenic greenhouse gases. While we should move away from petroleum, coal, and natural gas etc, we should also consider other factors endangering the environment.
In this instance, our food.
Food in places like Europe and North America is abundant. I don’t think I need to start showing charts for you to believe that. One just needs to walk into a supermarket. Although the trading practices used to keep our shelves fully stacked in this part of the world is beyond evil, it’s a matter for another article. Now, one could say we are always on a hunt for protein. Everyone knows this word, and know that it’s important for our health and wellbeing. Everyone also knows that meat and fish contain protein but few know it can also be found in insects, like the cricket.
The fact is, our food contributes a lot to greenhouse gases. And, to be more precise, 18 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions come from livestock.
When meat consumption is thought to double by the year 2050 one needs to contemplate other ways of getting protein and enough of it. Basically, if we want to reduce the world greenhouse gas emissions we not only have to do something about our industry, transportation system, etc, we also need to consider the source of our food. I’m not suggesting you to start to eat crickets is the solution to all of the environmental problems we as a people are facing.
I do, however, suggest it’s a better alternative to protein when contemplating the aforementioned facts.
We shouldn’t live in a world of food insecurity but a world of food security. We could listen to what the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is saying on the matter of what sustainable diets are:
Sustainable diets are those diets with low environmental impacts which contribute to food and nutrition security and to healthy life for present and future generations. Sustainable diets are protective and respectful of biodiversity and ecosystems, culturally acceptable, accessible, economically fair and affordable; nutritionally adequate, safe and healthy; while optimizing natural and human resources.
Big Food
It’s hard for us to counter the influence of poor food, or food which aren’t very sustainable. Big food companies get government subsidies all the time. They manipulate the market through various means, tells us we need to eat their meat. If we were to look at government subsidies as a tax, a tax benefitting the few, we also need to consider one other tax. A tax which is a hidden one. The hidden tax can be found in things like rising oceans due to the melting of the ice. This, in turn, lowers the property value of your house. Needless to say, all of the damage to infrastructure caused by climate change is a hidden tax. One with compound interest, snowballing its way into the future.
Immense damage to the environment has already been done. The price tag of this hidden tax will be paid by generations to come if we don’t start making changes.
Entomophagy- A Cold-blooded Planetary Life Saver?
We need to counter this trend of ever-growing livestock production, and an alternative is necessary. If we shift the hunt for protein from meat and fish and instead focus our attention on entomophagy, we could make some change. The benefits of entomophagy, the eating of insects, lies in the insect’s high feed conversion efficiency. Meaning, how much feed is needed to produce 1 kg increase in weight.
If we take a look at the cricket we see that it needs only 2 kg of feed for every 1 kg of body weight gain.
Well then, how much feed does one require for 1 kg of non-sustainable conventional sources of livestock? The answer is:
10 kg of feed is required to get one kg of beef,
5 kg for pork and,
2.5 kg for chicken.
Insects can also be reared on organic side streams like biowaste, including human and animal waste. It can also help the reduction of environmental contamination.
Reportedly, insects:
Emit fewer greenhouse gases
Emit less ammonia
Need a lot less water
Need a lot less land
When compared to pig and cattle rearing. Another thing most of us don’t think of is how much of said animal is edible and digestible, so let’s take a look.
It’s:
55 percent for chicken,
55 percent for pigs, and
40 percent for cattle.
So, how much of the cricket is edible?
It’s an astonishing 80 percent.
When combining both the feed conversion efficiency with how much of said livestock is edible we get even greater news. You see the feed conversion efficiency becomes indirectly higher since the crickets estimated edible weight is up to 80 percent. Meanwhile, as mentioned before, the conventional livestock edible weight is much lower.
This means crickets are:
Two times as efficient in converting feed into meat,
Four times more efficient than pigs, and
12 times more efficient than cattle.
You see the problem here? I think you do. I also think you see the solution. If we start to eat crickets starting today or other insects instead of these highly inefficient sources of protein we can make a difference. If we choose a source of protein like the cricket which is 12 times more efficient than that of cattle, I think it’s safe to say we are “going green”.
#2 Crickets contain Protein
First of all, proteins are very much needed. But what are they and where can we find them? Well, protein is one of the three macronutrients, the others are carbohydrates and fat.
Proteins are long chains of amino acids. Those amino acids, in turn, consists of organic molecules.
Those Molecules are:
Carbon,
Hydrogen,
Oxygen,
Nitrogen,
Sometimes sulfur.
There are just around 20 amino acids and those are:
However, they can be arranged in millions of different ways. Whereby it can create millions of different proteins, each with a different structure and function in the body. The many different proteins inside a cell make each cell “do its thing”. Fun fact, in your body, there are roughly 100 trillion cells.– Of course, unless you’re a doctor or a scientist that’s completely useless for you to know. But I thought I felt smarter knowing it, so I thought I’d mention it. Hopefully, you do too now. Anyway, of these 20 amino acids, 9 are thought of as essential. This since those 9 amino acids can’t be produced by your body while the other 11 can.
The amino acids which are essential go as follows:
Histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine.
The way to get those 9 amino acids is through your diet. The 9 amino acids, when found in food, in an adequate proportion, is called a complete protein or whole protein. One of the “one-stop shops” for complete protein is one of my favorite food, which is quinoa.
You can also find them in:
Red meat,
Poultry,
Fish,
Eggs,
Milk,
Cheese,
Yogurt and,
Soybeans.
Just remember the concept of complete protein does not necessarily mean the food with complete proteins is high in total protein. Now, I hardly ever eat fish or meat. Most of my diet consists out of an almost plant-based diet with the help of insects, mostly crickets or cricket-based products like cricket-flour. I often get the comment “you don’t get all the protein you need”, eating that kind of diet. I personally believe those are words of self-pacification. It’s easier to remove oneself from reality, do the same thing and stay unhealthy. Telling yourself your diet is fine while at the same time being overweight, and telling other people like myself what we’re doing is wrong is tragic and non-sensical. Of course, this attitude comes with enormous consequences on both our health and the environment.
You see, a protein doesn’t need to be complete.
The protein can lack in one or more of the essential amino acids and you’ll still be fine. Just as long as you eat a protein which has the amino acids you were lacking in the other protein you’ll get all the essential amino acids. You don’t even need to eat proteins complementing each other in the same sitting, generating a complete protein. For example, plant foods don’t always come with complete proteins. But if you eat plant foods during the day, you’ll most likely end up getting all the essential amino acids needed when caloric intake requirements are met.
One of the many reasons you should start to eat crickets today is the fact that they contain protein.
I thought we would see what the “Protein quality of four indigenous edible insect species in Nigeria” study is saying on the matter. As per usual when it comes to eating crickets, or entomophagy in general for that matter, we have some good news. Let’s start with one of the sentences from the study I think you’ll like :
“The finding in this work that the selected insects are nutritious and safe for consumption may alleviate the fear of entomophagy thereby reducing the overdependence on conventional animal proteins.”
You can see it for yourself, it clearly states we don’t need to be dependent on protein coming from conventional animals.
The study tried to determine the protein quality of:
Moth caterpillar,
Termite,
Grasshopper, and
Cricket.
Once again, the cricket (Gryllus assimilis) showed us it was the real deal with the:
Highest amino acid score,
Protein efficiency ratio,
Net protein ratio,
Biological value and,
Protein Digestibility.
Something very interesting to mention is the fact that the cricket contained both the essential and non-essential amino acids. This is simply further evidence of our stupidity in seeing entomophagy as a primitive source of food. Something which can provide us with a good alternative, environmentally and belly friendly protein should be looked at with bright eyes full of wonder. Not disgust, as is the current way of looking at it. In actuality, what is primitive is our childish fear of this unknown food. Hopefully, it won’t stay unknown for much longer.
The study even mentions the fact that the analyzed insects turned out to be good sources of several essential amino acids, like:
Lysine,
Threonine,
Leucine,
Isoleucine,
Valine,
Phenylalanine, and
Tyrosine.
Concerning the safety of eating crickets, well, it’s safe. Actually, the final sentence found in the study go as follows:
” These insects are therefore nutritious and safe for consumption.”
– Referring to the aforementioned statements in the study’s “conclusion”.
There’s a lot to be said when it comes to protein in crickets and other insects. I do however feel like we’ll leave it at that. If you do feel like learning more about the subject I’ll leave the link to the study here.
#3 Insects contain Vitamins
I never stop finding out good news when it comes to all the benefits entomophagy brings us. This fact brings me a lot of joy, knowing that today, I’ll be able to spread at least some good information that’s helping people.
In this instance is the fact that crickets contain vitamins. Although protein is of massive importance, micronutrients like vitamins are often forgotten about.
Vitamin-wise, what does the cricket bring us?
Well, the very same study which brought us the information that insects are nutritious and safe for consumption tells us something more.
It tells us they were good sources of:
Vitamin A,
Vitamin E,
Vitamin K,
Vitamin B2 and,
Vitamin B12.
Even though I myself use nutritional supplements I wholeheartedly believe your diet should be your primary source for nutrients, as do many dieticians, nutritionists etc.
After all, it’s called nutritional supplements for a reason. I guess it’s a good thing we have bugs, like the cricket, we can eat them as they are or by eating cricket-flour or other cricket-based products. Insects, in reality, seem to be nutrient dense monsters. I think by now, you would agree.
Why do we need vitamins?
We need vitamins from food since these organic compounds are something your body can’t make itself. And our bodies need them in order for proper bodily functions to occur such as:
Metabolism,
The building of bones,
Teeth,
Muscles,
Blood and a number of tissues.
Crickets and vitamin B12
Now, I won’t go over all of the individual vitamins, it’s a matter for another article. However, since a growing number of people are becoming more and more health conscious, more, and more also focus on eating a lot of vegetables. And for those of us who eat a lot of vegetables, as one should, we have vitamin B12 to consider. This is yet another reason why one could argue entomophagy is desirable since you can find them in insects. Truth be told, the vitamin B12 content in many insect species are low. Needless to say, that isn’t the case for crickets.
Take the house cricket (Achetadomesticus) for example, here you can find it has a B12 content of:
5.4 μg per 100 grams for adults and,
8.7 μg per 100 grams in nymphs.
According to WebMD.com, the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) in micrograms (mcg) for 14-year-olds and up is 2.4 mcg/day. It’s fair to say that when it comes to B12, and how much you need, we find various answers depending on the source. What we need, and how much we need of any given nutrient must take into account things such as pre-existing conditions health-wise.
What we can establish here and now is the fact that crickets do contain vitamin B12.
#4 Insects create Jobs
In Europe and its cousins across the world, we often see job creation and an income with the image of a large industry or service sector. Needless to say, this image is by no means faulty. There are other means of creating jobs and earning an income though. In places like Africa and South East Asia, there are people who eat insects. Consequently, there’s a market for it. Hence, there’s a market for a workforce as well. This workforce can be made up of people with little or no education. Giving them the opportunity for them too, to be able to earn an income. Actually, its places like Thailand where you find they have the most experience with this industry. Insect gathering or insect farming can be done both a large-scale industrial level or small-scale, “household level”.
Insects;
Nutritional composition,
Simple rearing techniques and,
Quick growth.
are valid pieces of information which can help turn around the financial and nutritional deficit in some parts of the world. The United Nations Forestry and Agricultural Organization mentioned the fact that:
“The process of insect gathering, rearing, and processing into street foods or for sale as chicken and fish feed is easily within reach of small-scale enterprises.”
This is good news since nutritional deficiencies such as protein deficiency often affect the poorer in society. The same goes for places where there’s been natural disasters or social conflicts. It’s a legitimate way of making an honest buck. With insects, high fat, protein, vitamin, fiber as well as their mineral content, entomophagy is the way forward. If you’re still not sold on entomophagy and the reasons to eat crickets starting today, just do me one favor. That is, If you ever go to Thailand, you’ve got to try getting your bugs from a stick. I don’t know why, but it’s delicious. Hopefully, that would turn you.
Safety
When it comes to transmitting zoonotic infections to humans, livestock and wildlife, insects in comparison to birds and mammals may pose less of a risk. However, further research is needed.
I would also like to reiterate one of the many things we have learned today, that is:
“The finding in this work that the selected insects are nutritious and safe for consumption may alleviate the fear of entomophagy thereby reducing the overdependence on conventional animal proteins.”
Safety concerns have been addressed in another article here at kutaan.com and you can read it here.
Conclusion
Writing this article has meant I’ve learned a lot of things regarding entomophagy, and in simpler terms, “why you should start eating crickets today”. I hope you now realize that entomophagy is the way to move forward. After all, bugs are:
Nutritious,
Have vitamins and minerals,
You got your protein and yummy amino acids, both the essential ones and non-essential ones,
Crickets contain vitamin B12,
Insects create jobs.
The cricket we see that it needs only 2 kg of feed for every 1 kg of body weight gain. Meanwhile, 10 kg of feed is required to get one kg of beef.
Thank you all, hope you enjoyed reading this article as much as I did writing it.
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2.5 Do Not Track Some browsers include the ability to transmit "Do Not Track" signals. We do not process or respond to "Do Not Track" signals. Instead, we adhere to the standards described in our Privacy Statement and this Cookie Statement.
Terms and Conditions
Welcome to kutaan.com!
These terms and conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of Kutaan's Website, located at https://kutaan.com.
By accessing this website we assume you accept these terms and conditions. Do not continue to use kutaan.com if you do not agree to take all of the terms and conditions stated on this page. Our Terms and Conditions were created with the help of the Terms And Conditions Generator and the Terms & Conditions Generator.
The following terminology applies to these Terms and Conditions, Privacy Statement and Disclaimer Notice and all Agreements: "Client", "You" and "Your" refers to you, the person log on this website and compliant to the Company's terms and conditions. "The Company", "Ourselves", "We", "Our" and "Us", refers to our Company. "Party", "Parties", or "Us", refers to both the Client and ourselves. All terms refer to the offer, acceptance and consideration of payment necessary to undertake the process of our assistance to the Client in the most appropriate manner for the express purpose of meeting the Client's needs in respect of provision of the Company's stated services, in accordance with and subject to, prevailing law of Netherlands. Any use of the above terminology or other words in the singular, plural, capitalization and/or he/she or they, are taken as interchangeable and therefore as referring to same.
Cookies
We employ the use of cookies. By accessing kutaan.com, you agreed to use cookies in agreement with the Kutaan's Privacy Policy.
Most interactive websites use cookies to let us retrieve the user's details for each visit. Cookies are used by our website to enable the functionality of certain areas to make it easier for people visiting our website. Some of our affiliate/advertising partners may also use cookies.
License
Unless otherwise stated, Kutaan and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material on kutaan.com. All intellectual property rights are reserved. You may access this from kutaan.com for your own personal use subjected to restrictions set in these terms and conditions.
You must not:
Republish material from kutaan.com
Sell, rent or sub-license material from kutaan.com
Reproduce, duplicate or copy material from kutaan.com
Redistribute content from kutaan.com
This Agreement shall begin on the date hereof.
Parts of this website offer an opportunity for users to post and exchange opinions and information in certain areas of the website. Kutaan does not filter, edit, publish or review Comments prior to their presence on the website. Comments do not reflect the views and opinions of Kutaan,its agents and/or affiliates. Comments reflect the views and opinions of the person who post their views and opinions. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, Kutaan shall not be liable for the Comments or for any liability, damages or expenses caused and/or suffered as a result of any use of and/or posting of and/or appearance of the Comments on this website.
Kutaan reserves the right to monitor all Comments and to remove any Comments which can be considered inappropriate, offensive or causes breach of these Terms and Conditions.
You warrant and represent that:
You are entitled to post the Comments on our website and have all necessary licenses and consents to do so;
The Comments do not invade any intellectual property right, including without limitation copyright, patent or trademark of any third party;
The Comments do not contain any defamatory, libelous, offensive, indecent or otherwise unlawful material which is an invasion of privacy
The Comments will not be used to solicit or promote business or custom or present commercial activities or unlawful activity.
You hereby grant Kutaan a non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, edit and authorize others to use, reproduce and edit any of your Comments in any and all forms, formats or media.
Hyperlinking to our Content
The following organizations may link to our Website without prior written approval:
Government agencies;
Search engines;
News organizations;
Online directory distributors may link to our Website in the same manner as they hyperlink to the Websites of other listed businesses; and
System wide Accredited Businesses except soliciting non-profit organizations, charity shopping malls, and charity fundraising groups which may not hyperlink to our Web site.
These organizations may link to our home page, to publications or to other Website information so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products and/or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party's site.
We may consider and approve other link requests from the following types of organizations:
commonly-known consumer and/or business information sources;
dot.com community sites;
associations or other groups representing charities;
online directory distributors;
internet portals;
accounting, law and consulting firms; and
educational institutions and trade associations.
We will approve link requests from these organizations if we decide that: (a) the link would not make us look unfavorably to ourselves or to our accredited businesses; (b) the organization does not have any negative records with us; (c) the benefit to us from the visibility of the hyperlink compensates the absence of Kutaan; and (d) the link is in the context of general resource information.
These organizations may link to our home page so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party's site.
If you are one of the organizations listed in paragraph 2 above and are interested in linking to our website, you must inform us by sending an e-mail to Kutaan. Please include your name, your organization name, contact information as well as the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our Website, and a list of the URLs on our site to which you would like to link. Wait 2-3 weeks for a response.
Approved organizations may hyperlink to our Website as follows:
By use of our corporate name; or
By use of the uniform resource locator being linked to; or
By use of any other description of our Website being linked to that makes sense within the context and format of content on the linking party's site.
No use of Kutaan's logo or other artwork will be allowed for linking absent a trademark license agreement.
iFrames
Without prior approval and written permission, you may not create frames around our Webpages that alter in any way the visual presentation or appearance of our Website.
Content Liability
We shall not be hold responsible for any content that appears on your Website. You agree to protect and defend us against all claims that is rising on your Website. No link(s) should appear on any Website that may be interpreted as libelous, obscene or criminal, or which infringes, otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of, any third party rights.
Your Privacy
Please read Privacy Policy
Reservation of Rights
We reserve the right to request that you remove all links or any particular link to our Website. You approve to immediately remove all links to our Website upon request. We also reserve the right to amen these terms and conditions and it's linking policy at any time. By continuously linking to our Website, you agree to be bound to and follow these linking terms and conditions.
Removal of links from our website
If you find any link on our Website that is offensive for any reason, you are free to contact and inform us any moment. We will consider requests to remove links but we are not obligated to or so or to respond to you directly.
We do not ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we promise to ensure that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.
Disclaimer
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions relating to our website and the use of this website. Nothing in this disclaimer will:
limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury;
limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
limit any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or
exclude any of our or your liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.
The limitations and prohibitions of liability set in this Section and elsewhere in this disclaimer: (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph; and (b) govern all liabilities arising under the disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort and for breach of statutory duty.
As long as the website and the information and services on the website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.
30-day money-back guarantee
Within 30 days of receipt, products purchased from us may be returned, just make a photo-copy of the receipt showing you have sent back the product and send it to us and you will get a refund.
Canceling Orders
If you already ordered from kutaan.com but changed your mind and wish to cancel your order you can do so as long as it has not been shipped. If your order has been shipped please see our "30-day money-back guarantee" policy.