Insect Based products to respond to food shortages

In current times food stocks available are increasingly unable to respond to the needs of the growing global population. Many have seen in insect based product a valid substitute to other food present in the global market, which is unable to respond to the growing food shortages. However, what kind of impact might insect based product have on our individual lifes and sistemically speaking? According to many scientist insect based products might be unhealthy if consumed in bigger quantities. This because of the insects' poverty in terms of minerals and important elements usually present in other sources of food. Additionally, cultural and social aspect might pose a challenge to the use and distribution of insect based products. This because some societies and cultures prohibit eating insects, often associated with dirt and deseases. Most importantly, when considering a sistemic perspective, the production of insect based food can negatively affect nature, leading to pollution and deforestation. In fact, the harvesting of insects requires big fields of grass that can lead to the deforestation of forests vital for humans. On the other hand, the processing of insects to produce food requires chemicals dangerous for the planet. The danger is rapresented when chemicals are being left in nature without having received any kind of process of detossification. In conclusion, although insects can represent an important substitue for the shortage of food in the global market, their negative impact on the individual and on the planet point at the dangers that inect based product might lead to and asks for more research to be conductd on the negative impact of insect based products.