I posted last month about the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) approving another insect to be used as food and put as powder in multigrain bread and rolls, crackers and breadsticks, cereal bars, dry pre-mixes for baked products, biscuits, dry stuffed and non-stuffed pasta-based products, sauces, processed potato products, legume- and vegetable- based dishes, pizza, pasta-based products, whey powder, meat analogues, soups and soup concentrates or powders, maize flour-based snacks, beer-like beverages, chocolate confectionary, nuts and oilseeds, snacks other than chips, and meat preparations.
This is what they want you to think.
Insects, such as crickets, grasshoppers, and mealworms, are a highly efficient source of protein. Really? They require less land and water than traditional livestock, and emit fewer greenhouse gases. There you go, cows fart more than crickets. This makes them a more environmentally friendly option for meeting the growing demand for protein in a world with a rapidly increasing population. The environmentally friendly agenda and how is the population “rapidly” growing if the birth rates are going down? The birth rate for world in 2022 was 17.668 births per 1000 people, a 1.15% decline from 2021.
This approval is expected to lead to the development of new insect-based food products, such as protein bars and powders, as well as the inclusion of insects in traditional dishes. Look what they approved in January 2023:
“The novel food consists of the frozen, paste, dried and powder forms of house cricket. It is intended to be marketed as a food ingredient in a number of food products for the general population.”
Meaning that you can’t refuse to eat the bugs because now they are part of your favorite processed foods.
The Commission has authorised for the first time the placing on the market of partially defatted powder obtained from whole Acheta domesticus (house cricket) as a novel food.
They will put these insect powder in foods like: multigrain bread and rolls, crackers and breadsticks, cereal bars, dry pre-mixes for baked products, biscuits, dry stuffed and non-stuffed pasta-based products, sauces, processed potato products, legume- and vegetable- based dishes, pizza, pasta-based products, whey powder, meat analogues, soups and soup concentrates or powders, maize flour-based snacks, beer-like beverages, chocolate confectionary, nuts and oilseeds, snacks other than chips, and meat preparations.
Insects have long been a staple food in many cultures around the world, and their inclusion in Western diets could help to diversify the food supply and reduce the environmental impact of food production. No one from Europe asked to eat bugs to diversify our food.
However, there are still some concerns about the practicality and scalability of insect farming, as well as consumer acceptance of insects as food. But with the support of the EFSA and continued research and development, these challenges can be overcome. We already saw that the EFSA help means forcefully putting the insects are powders even in chocolate and bread giving people 2 options:
- Stop buying food from the supermarket which is almost impossible
- Accept the tyranny and eat powdered bugs
The EFSA say they have studies that show eating insects is safe, well…I have studies that show the opposite.
Recent studies have raised concerns about the safety of consuming insects, particularly when it comes to the risk of contamination with heavy metals and pesticides. And research shows that heavy metals like lead can significantly decrease people’s mental capacity. Research done in 1979, showed that lead and mental disorders like ADHD and ADD are very closely linked.
Another study found that “high lead children were significantly impaired on IQ auditory processing and reaction time under varying intervals of delay.”
Globally lead is believed to cause around 66% of unexplained intellectual disabilities.
A study published in the Journal of Food and Chemical Toxicology found that edible insects, such as crickets, beetles, and caterpillars, can contain high levels of heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, and arsenic. These metals can accumulate in the body over time and have been linked to a variety of health problems, including cancer and neurological damage.
A study published in the Journal of Food and Chemical Toxicology found that edible insects, such as crickets, beetles, and caterpillars, can contain high levels of heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, and arsenic. These metals can accumulate in the body over time and have been linked to a variety of health problems, including cancer and neurological damage.
Another study, published in the journal Environmental Pollution, found that edible insects can also contain high levels of pesticides. These chemicals are used to protect crops from pests and can be harmful to human health if consumed in high amounts. Pesticides have been linked to a variety of health problems, including cancer, reproductive and developmental issues, and neurological problems.
Plastic as food? Really?
Two scientists are receiving the Future Inisight Prize for developing a new process that turns waste plastic into food.
Ting Lu, a professor of bioengineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Stephen Techtmann, associate professor of biological sciences at Michigan Technological University were the scientists who created the innovation.
Microbes degrade plastic into food that “contains all the required nutrition, are nontoxic, provide health benefits and additionally allow for personalization needs.”
🚩 And big pharma Merck sponsored the prize.
Science showed on multiple studies that microplastic in the human and animal body is toxic and animals have died because of it.
Microplastic has already been found in the human body and blood which lead to serious health issues but they try to make us believe plastic is safe to eat.
I’m sure that last month in Davos at the annual WEF conference the billionaires that said 1 billion people should stop eating meat weren’t eating crickets and plastic, but in fact, they had very expensive meat as food.
If you want to read more about plastic pollution and recycling dark secrets, read it on the uncensored The System Newsletter.
Ally Fortis 