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Elizabeth Zimmerman
LONDON We are not a planet of man, we are on a planet of
insects, said speaker Marcel Dicke during his TED talk in July 2010.
While pacing the stage wearing a shirt covered in drawings of different
six-legged creatures, Dicke presented his findings on the positive
impact that insects have on our daily lives without us being aware of
them.
Bringing the idea of insect consumption more local, Dicke shared facts
about the insects that Americans eat without knowing most of which
come from processed foods.
All processed foods contain more protein than we can be aware of,
said Dicke. He shared that many of the foods we eat daily contain
Dangers to human health can occur while consuming livestock that can
share diseases. However in insects, there is no recombination of
disease.
With the growing population of the world, there are constantly more
mouths to feed and less food to do it with, according to Dicke. His
studies have shown that consumption of meats like livestock, fish and
game are rising rapidly in industrialized countries. If we dont increase
livestock production by 70 percent, we wont make it, Dicke said.