Marcel Dicke: Why not eat insects?
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- čas přidán 30. 11. 2010
- www.ted.com Marcel Dicke makes an appetizing case for adding insects to everyone's diet. His message to squeamish chefs and foodies: delicacies like locusts and caterpillars compete with meat in flavor, nutrition and eco-friendliness.
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SLEEP IN THE POD, EAT THE BUGS
It's 2020 and I can definitively say we are not there yet
2023 we are there :3
2024 we're NOT there yet
Let's not forget Simba grew into a big lion on an insect only diet
That's... actually a good point.
Yeah you go ahead and stuff your face full of harmful chitin then. I'll eat your portion of meat.
I have a hard time eating something when it's starring me in the face/when I can see it physically. Like just because I like hamburgers doesn't mean I want to meet the cow. Same with shrimp. If those little legs aren't taken off I find it really creepy and can't eat it.
If I ever did eat insects, it would have to be hidden from sight, mixed in something.
would you eat a cockroach soup?
Insects, in terms of genetics, are more different from us humans than animals. Thus, they are safer to eat because diseases will not be able to spread quickly between the two species.
Actually malaria from mosquitoes is viral and we can easily get that so what he said makes no sense lol
@@AMUWAT Incorrect - mosquitos are just a transmitters they are not infected by themselves - that is a big difference.
@@phoenixcqcq Actually, "transmitters" are more dangerous.
Malaria just uses the mosquito as a vector, it doesn't use the mosquito as a host. I know this content is 6 years old but look at what has happened with covid19, definitely came from an animal
If you took away alcohol and reduced sugar by 75% and took the sugar fields of south florida and turned them into produce that pretty much solves the problem.
Honestly, I don't care what it tastes like. I cannot bring myself to eat insects. The thought makes me queasy. It might taste like the greatest of steaks, I won't eat insects. I mentally cannot bring myself to do it. And I think that's more the issue than anything else. Taste, nutritional value, and economic impact aside, it's the thought of eating them that deters a lot of people. For those of you who can and do eat them, great! For me and others who likely may feel the same, can't do it, won't do it.
children won't consider meat to be disgusting when they see their parents eat it, even though it is factually much more disgusting than insect based foods.
so in theory, it's possible to change how the mainstream perceives foods in just one generation. in reality it will take a couple more, but change will occur gradually and inevitably.
as for the people who fail to adapt, luckily lifetimes are limited.
In this race for new alternative sources of protein there are already many options being developed: apart from plant-based, we have mycoprotein, microbial protein, algal protein, cultivated meat, and they can be combined with other technologies like 3D Printing, fermentation, etc. Actually, fermentation is enhancing sensorial properties in some of these alternatives, insects included. We recognize the ick factor so we are working to deal with this issue. A beef analog made from insects and 3D printing, that tastes and feels like beef, would you it? 🧐
@@hotarukaleidos It's not just the idea. Animal proteins are healthier for us than plant proteins. We need them. Simply saying that X type of plant protein contains as much as some types of meat means nothing. It's about how you break it down and absorb it.
My question is, can you contract a food borne illness from eating insects?
12 years later insect industry is getting stronger than ever! We are getting to know more and more about them and discovering incredible new applications to make life more sustainable. Insects are not just delicious (millions of people can confirm), but the most realistic alternative among other alternatives to conventional sources of protein, they're highly nutritious, they can promote circular economy, and most importantly, they represent a valuable cultural heritage and its production is helping to the food security and sovereignty of low income communities in countries like mine!
If you don't want to, that's alright, but don't be so shameless to reject them from ignorance. Today is a reality, deal with it~ 🤑
Grind them up into a powder. Sell them as a drink mix or type of flour.
Facts
hey if we leave these insect meals too long and they go bad... and it attracts flies who lay maggots.
is that a good thing or a bad thing?
The idea still seems very unappealing to me. But after looking at the facts that he presented, it makes a lot of sense. This is a very interesting solution, and one that can solve a lot of problems.
I have gotten used to other foods that I didn't like before. Perhaps one day I will find myself popping insects like I would any other snack. Looking forward to see if this idea starts to spread.
Insects are a delicacy to me. I eat and will always eat them. Why Not Give Insects a chance in our list of edible animals!! Now is the right time
I'll breed them if you buy them.
That's absolutely brilliant of you.
I totally appreciate you giving me your lifetime portion of beef and lamb in favor of insects. I shall savor every lean and fat cut I chew on in tribute to your dedication to eating insects in lieu of chicken, pork and the like.
I actually like this guy a lot, he's clearly very sincere and passionate about his beliefs and it shows in his research and his arguments. Eating insects, the next step in human evolution?
Communists are very passionate about communism
Evolution? Regression.
Is this video jumpy or does my computer have a BUG?
Currently the ones eaten most in Holland are meal worms and locusts. I started with meal worms as they don't have clear features (eyes, legs) and they're quite decorative, too! And you can always grind them up if you want to ^^
You could bake with meal worms or flower worms directly translated from Danish.
@@watchanoobplay-walkthrough744 or, you can eat a burger
Chefs making dishes with caterpiller or maggot garnishing isn't an encouragement, they do it for the shock value. People happily eat a bits of animals because there is that detachment, eating a hotdog made from pureed witchetty grubs would be just as appetizing as hotdogs made from pureed pig carcass.
3:20 "locusts" **swallows saliva**
he never talked about flavor... i love steak... so i just have to say that we are fortunate because we can eat that percent of regular meat. Thank you God!
One disturbing and fundamental point missing from this talk is compassion for all living beings. This talk is firmly based on the assumption that we eat meat from big herbivores animals solely as a source of food and nutritional purpose. Thinking from compassionate mindset, it makes more sense to reduce killings for food source; i.e. one cows vs thousands of insects. Not to mention, insects feed and thrive on animal waste and decaying matters.
Nobody’s gonna think with that tree hugging hippie mindset.
It would be easy to eat insects and worms as a seasoned paste, powder, or chopped and fried or dry roasted.
Parasites : it's free real estate.
his powerpoint reminded me of my sophomore year's physics science project presentation, when I woke up 1 hour earlier than the bus came and I just threw 30 clip arts and some wikipedia copy pastes on a blank powerpoint and gave it a nice color theme.
He may have skipped the last step
@Sarusource
We're starting to learn a lot more about plants than we ever knew and just how they react to stimuli in the world around them is a question of much study. My point is, that we've defined everything in a human-centric view. We've said "if it isn't like *us,* it can't be the same." Maybe they don't "feel pain," in the same way we do. But many do react to damage, so they obviously are capable of understanding danger and taking some steps to combat it--a CLEAR self-preservation attempt.
It's just the association with decay and rot that I can't get over. I see chocolate covered in meal worms and I think "dang, that's old and mouldy".
I recognized this in 1999. Bought every book I could find. Did extensive personal research and said to myself and a few that would listen some day. I find little personal satisfaction or financial gain in saying I told you so. I would be extremely interested in collaborating with anyone who would like to pursue this topic on a pilot scale in a depressed community (mine) as soon as possible! It is a viable small industry that America needs now for jobs, for food, for health.
What books would you recommend?
@@O1OO1O1 EDIBLE by Daniella MARTIN
There are approximately 5,400 species (5,490, according to the IUCN Red List) of mammals. Not few hundred.
for some reason I keep on thinking about if you could make meat in a petri dish in a way that would make it still have the texture of regular meat
Though I logically understand I also know that I would have difficulty eating food with insects on it.
i dunno how i would react to a desert that will have worms in it. my initial reaction would be that it's rotten. but i guess it's a great idea and it's beneficial to everyone so i would be willing to get used to it. :)
I’ll let y’all save the world on this one 😂
It sounds like to me up to a certain point that he's trying to convert people into eating bugs,not to mention most people still probably won't eat bugs because they love meat,health concerns,and think eating bugs is gross, and there are other things you can eat rather than just bugs.
thanks
Well, he convinced me. Where can I get the chocolate bugs in Sweden?
thanks! but its super funny. i accidentally stumbled on to this song while browsing you tube again. i was super surprised
@raydredX *"I can only find" or "I've only found them"
No idea which one I wanted to say but it doesn't make a decent difference.
All bugs cause toxicity to my body when I eat a little and large amount
But most bugs are safe to touch without experiencing health issues
I will switch diets to bug free!!!
Are you allergic to shellfish by the way? Although it has yet to be confirmed, experts recommend to avoid eating them if someone is sensible or allergic to shrimps, crabs, lobsters, etc. because their taxonomic closeness: both are arthropods.
If that's the case, maybe you should be aware of natural red color or E-120, it's a food dye made from cochineal bugs. However their quantities may be insignificant to create reaction, its better to be aware, just in case
Watch some of Heston Blumenthal's video. One of the feasts have insects. While you're at it, check the one where he tries mouses. The taste isn't the issue.
1) Any way to capture the insects that we're currently killing with insecticides?
2) Which ethnic-restaurants have traditionally served insects?
@NekoMouser I don’t really see how this can be the case. Isn’t pain an evolved response to stimulus so that the animal can respond in a certain way? How would a plant respond to pain? As for plants using chemical signals… does that compare to the neurological system which we know is essential for animals to feel pain? Where for instance does a plant feel pain? Is the entire system conscious?
it is very interesting. when you think about it a lot of things we consider food is arbitrary. but i'm sure that those notions didn't come about by accident, and were instead chosen based on convenience and taste. so basically, i hope there's some tasty damn insects out there.
You know what I've never eaten insects but wound love to make them part of my diet. I bodybuild a insects would make a fantastic replacement for chicken breast or tuna
The app SoundHound to the rescue! It's called Hard To Find by Robot Koch :)
You vill eat ze bugs
Land shrimps... that's a good way of getting me to try it !!
No, it's more complicated actually... gotta study the desertification issue and how herds can help. It's about herd behavior... and mimicking what wild herds of animals do. There's a pretty good ted talk about it.
@fauxman I ate some in the army you need to remove the legs or hold them in a way to bite the body off. They are ok
Cheers Christine
I find it interesting that you have a video stating we should do something about the environmental effects from war, yet disagree to making small changes in our diets (something we can actually control) to do something about the environmental effects from farming cows and pigs, as stated @ 10:00. I'm not saying this is more important than emissions from war, rather I'm saying we shouldn't take any negative effect on the environment lightly.
Is it ok for me to agree with the concept of the video but still unable to eat bugs i legit have a fobia for them i think i just dont like them around me or inside my belly i still understand that most of that is inevitable but still hard for me to change the fact that i would not like em at all
I dont see much diference between a sea lobster or any Crustacean and Insects.
This makes much more sense than the latest video against GM food from Tedtalks.
I'm from Spain, and we eat many things that for USA people would be freky: morcilla (blood with rice) Pulpo a la gallega (octopus) escargol (snails) criadillas (Bull testicles)... it's only a cultural tabu.
Very unlikely if the product is raised and farmed on human consumable products (not feces and pesticides). The problem we have with pork, for instance, is that the DNA is very similar to our own. Insects have virtually a completely different DNA so illnesses they might otherwise contract, would not be compatible with humans; hopefully that helps you out :)
im planning to include insects in my diet, witch ones are recommend??
Start with Chapulines, they're really tasty grasshoppers from Mexico. I use them to garnish tacos for the really nice crunch and shrimpy flavor. It pairs well with beer for a snack as well. After that I'd move on to cricket powder in brownies or shakes and then mealworms made into fajitas. I get my bugs on amazon right now, but I'm planning to farm mealworms and crickets at home in a month or so.
@HimmiJoe yes there is a worry with eating insects that may have already ingested some insecticides. I imagine it's quite a worry around our modern world, if you are keen to eat insects.
Grasshoppers are very expensive in Thailand.
I can't see this happening in a big scale once scientists have perfected the method of creating meat without the animal (some sort of cloning and cell generation in a dish). I think we'll have approved cloned meat on our plates within 10-20 years before all of our food has insects in it.
It does look as if it will end up in more of our food without us knowing but I think it'll have a short shelf life.
I've always wanted to try a crispy locust.
Calories are good, it's why we eat food. Higher calorie foods can be healthy (granola for instance) you just need to eat the proper amount of them so you don't become over weight.
Didn't you see the FDA allows a certain number of insects in all food chocolate with ant legs or juice with fly larvae are allowed.
@LotsOMovies : It's a good point.
I think this has more potential as something more transparent until people warm up to it, like the insects in the tomato soup, a finely processed flavoring or nutritious additive. Most people currently find the sight of insects to be revolting, and if the western world can't even tolerate a noisier chip bag for the good of the environment, i doubt they'll be jumping on insect candy anytime soon.
In other countries it is common to serve fish with the head, and yes they eyes, still attached.
I was surprised by the pic at 4:54.. I've been eating so many insects, lol
Wait! I thought calories were bad. So why would higher calories be better in a grasshopeer. as opposed to six times the big macs?
Super Beitrag mit vielen interessanten Fakten!
What are the tastiest insects
I dont have a problem with eating insects... just as long as they're prepared and cooked in a way that is palatable. There's no difference between a shrimp and a maggot or grasshopper imho, its just the seasoning and how the chef cooks it.
@dontOVERREACT well there are actually cultures that consider mammal brains, eyes, or sexual organs a great delicacy.
I think if we were to produce a sort of insect meat, it would be similar to beef.. it would just be ground up insects instead of ground up cow meat. I'm sure it would be a different taste that what we're accustomed to, but it wouldn't be a drastically bad one. I'm ready to try a bugburger now.
@RoboTekno Like buggalo on futurama?
Wormlike bugs aren't very appetizing to me.
I ate Tarantula before, and it was great :)
@xjustamem0ryx Please explain what you mean when you say "man can't make insects"
this is relevant to my interests.
I've eaten grass hoppers. They're extremely good.
1) Insects will make feeding humans more nature friendly and sustainable than eating other mammals.
2)The real problem is consumption.Since we have no solution for increasing consumption,we think that the problem is population, which also causes higher consumption. If we find a way to limit consumption as compared to population, this planet is quite enough for a few 1000 years(need to move out in that time).
3) Educating people and making them wealthier will limit the problem of poor people breeding like rabbits.
4) If the Americans start living like they do in Hong Kong, we could with ease fit the entire world population on a piece of land as big as the US.
5) If the Americans start eating like they do in Japan, the whole world could be fed many times over.
6) We are finding and discussing solutions to such problems in videos like these.So,
You have got the concept entirely wrong.
@Sarusource well, they are already in use. Issues put forward by vegetarianism? Well, one complain from my part, is why they dont label whether it contain animal/insect by-products or not.
Cool shirt. Fits the subject.
@dontOVERREACT I'm confused about how crushing their little bodies in a crunchy slimy mess is any different from the process of eating any other animal... or any food at all for that matter.
There is a reason why that show Fear Factor had eating raw insects as a challenge...
well said!
I will not eat the bugs
I must have misheard. Did this Dolt say that he's a Vegetarian?
IKR like if you're eating insects you aren't vegetarian.
I would eat grasshoppers (locusts, cicadas etc.). That is about it. Perhaps ants. I guess locusts and ants really aren't all that bad if fried and crunchy, all other insects are pretty gross though.
great !!!
he has a cool t-shirt :)
@brettonlee whats wrong with it?
If you hook me up with some sort of sweet cooked insect i might be down. Like some bumblebee brittle (stingers removed) or mantis peanut butter bites
But even i balk at the mealworms, coz they are maggots.
And i'm used to associating maggots with food that has GONE VERY BAD.
I'll get over it eventually though.
There was an episode of "Museum of Life" recently where they ate a bunch of insects, and they gave the audience mealworms first coz they were supposedly the tastiest.
this comment has nothing to do with the video content but that song at 14:20 is a song that i had somewhere but cant remember what its called. someone please help me out if you know the name of it. its killing me.
Did u find out?
I hope you found out
Ive been thinking this same thing for the past years... no one fight for insects rights anyway, so is a free game!
@poob4633 that was in a chinese restaurant btw,
I agree with Sarusource's comment, for sure. The only thing i'm concerned with is the exploit that might drive from captivity especies designed for human cosume. That already happens in some parts as for crops maintainace and sustainability. Either ways it's Man... I'll back up his idea though, even if it's to prove that there is another way of dealing with our selfish needs! That might clear the horizon :)
Very interesting, however , it's gonna be quite the challenge to convince the social aspect of our culture that it's not strange. Not to mention how drastically it will affect the meat industry and the global economy.
@stankanovic I've can only find them when I go to villages.
@LotsOMovies Damn, you're good! Fair play
Do the TED people never review their videos before posting it? These are still watchable (most of the time), but those of the TED Blue Mission that include photos are a guessing game!
mmmm chocolate covered bee larvae. I think I saw some in the Myer food hall in the mid 80s.
Only 2000 kilograms of insects each? Sounds a little low.
We also have witchety grubs... They are supposed to taste like walnuts, only gooey.
I'm still happy in 2020 that we don't have to insects
@fitobcnfito I'm from Puerto Rico and we eat morcilla. You forgot that it's not just "blood with rice", but more like "rice soaked with pig's blood and stuffed into pig's intestines", which sounds even worse.
Is it just me who thought that rice dish, with the locusts, looked delicious!?
If I wanted to start to change my mind about eating insects I'd probably have to start @ 14:11 ...
what about digesting their chitin exoskeletons? doesn't it take lots of energy?
@Sanngot I like to think Australians would be a little more open to it, with the large amount of immigrants from around the world, particulary asia, I think it wouldn't seem that strange of a concept to most of us. Fried grasshoppers are a common sight in asian grocery stores here.
Much of that desertification was made from the farming of the herds in the first place though..