Friends who often parade in Southeast Asia are certainly familiar with the phenomenon that local people like to eat insects. Whether it is Jiushan Road in Bangkok, Zhujiao Market in Singapore, Le Kang Night Market in Kuala Lumpur, Gucheng Night Market in Chiang Mai, or Angkor's old market, you can see a large number of stalls selling all kinds of insects. The common bamboo worms and silkworm chrysalis in China are pediatrics, spiders, snakes, scorpions and beetles ... these look like real heavy tastes. The picture above is a roast scorpion taken by a mountain road. I dare not eat them. Do you have a favorite friend?

When I was a child, when I was eating at home, if we found bugs on the green leaves, experienced parents would usually tell us calmly: "It's okay to eat bugs, supplement protein!" It is also said that this shows that pesticides have not been applied and it belongs to healthy food.

But is it true what my parents said? Don't believe it. In fact, what they said is reasonable. The benefits of eating insects can go far beyond the point of "high protein content". Even FAO encourages people all over the world to eat insects together!

Some experts once said that the protein content of insects is very high, which is more than twice that of common meat and fish. At the same time, it also has the advantages of fast reproduction and large output, and it is much cheaper than chicken and pork that are often eaten. "There is a concept of' feed-to-meat ratio' in breeding. For example, the feed/meat ratio of locusts is 10 times that of pigs and 100 times that of cattle, and the cost is particularly low. "

In addition, insects are rich in vitamins and minerals such as zinc, iron and calcium, which are far more nutritious than ordinary meat. Previous data showed that the iron content in100g beef was 6 mg, while the iron content in100g locust was between 8 mg and 20 mg.

And eating some insects also helps to fight obesity, so do you dare to try if you are interested in losing weight?

In fact, insects still think they can be picked up, but scorpions, snakes and spiders still look scary. Look at this fried snake. It smells good, but it tastes terrible.

Compared with Southeast Asia, people in some provinces in southwest China also eat insects, but generally they eat bamboo worms, locusts and so on. It doesn't look so scary, but it feels acceptable. If not, they will try.