To meet the growing needs of food for the increasing population, country should make use of edible insects as foods. However, some people believe that insects are not only unhealthy but affect negatively the nature too. What are the benefits and drawbacks of eating insects? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

It is widely believed that countries should
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the
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edible
insects
as
food
due to the
growing
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of
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population and the increasing
needs
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for
food
.
Moreover
, people
also
believe that
insects
are not healthy and our easting
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might cause negative
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affects
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effects
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on
the
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nature. Easting
insects
as
food
will provide both advantages and disadvantages for human beings. The balance of
ecosystem
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will be negatively affected while some
food
shortage
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and
health
issueswill
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issues will
be solved through the consumption of
insects
.
Firstly
, the main disadvantage is the chain of
natural
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ecosystem
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ecosystems
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will be affected.If human being relies on more
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edible
insects
, other animals will lose their
food
in usual.
Consequently
,
this
will lead to
dead
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of other animals in certain areas and
finally
dismiss their species.
This
will totally affect the natural ecosystem in a negative way.
On the other hand
, there are still some advantages
from
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eating
insects
. Some
insects
are rich
of
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protein,minerals and other microelements for human
health
. Through
the
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consumption, some
health
problesm
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problems
problem
can be solved.
Moreover
, scientists can
also
extract some microelements from edible
insects
for better research and development on new medicines for some treatment.
In addition
, the
shortage
of
food
will be solved when the population grows out of control. If there is not enough
food
for global people, famine will occur. By eating edible
insects
, the
food
shortage
problems might be reduced in
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time of famine. In conclusion, eating
insects
provide both benefits by solving the
health
issues or eliminating the
shortage
of
food
and drawbacks for human being by negatively affecting the environment.
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