If any modern civilized man to offer a choice of burger with beef cutlet, or a plate of dried crickets, he would prefer a burger. But the researchers, who are in the American Chemical Society, are advised to think twice - about a source of nutrients for the human useful. The fact is that these scientists have spent a few months to study the nutritional benefits of such creatures as grasshoppers, crickets and worms, maggots.

It turned out that the crickets and grasshoppers in comparison with red beef meat is the best source of several nutrients - especially iron compounds required for the people of hematopoiesis.


At the same time sufficiently long known that insects and spiders contain a lot of high-grade and easily digestible protein.

It happens that people who, for whatever reasons, do not consume meat, experiencing in this regard, iron deficiency, which is the body must come from food. Because of this deficiency anemia, which leads to a weakening of intelligence, immunity, risks during pregnancy and other health troubles.

In the search for alternative sources of iron should pay attention to the crickets, because they contain this chemical element more than beef. In addition, it is fully absorbed.

In addition, the "meat" of grasshoppers, crickets and maggots in a well assimilated by the human body form are present mineral components such as calcium, copper and zinc (Beef and again the loser).

More than 1900 species of insects, now living on Earth, and not listed in the Red Book, are edible. What is ready to confirm the hundreds of millions of earthlings, to the diet that includes a variety of flying and crawling insects, as well as their young.

For example, in Thailand is quite popular appetizer of deep fried crickets in soy sauce. In Mexico, you can sample fried caterpillars, ants and ant eggs. Ants are also popular in China and Brazil, and the Japanese are happy to eat crickets and silkworms.