Park Seok Jun, Kim Kee-Young, Baik Moo-Yeol, Koh Young Ho
Maeil Health Nutrition, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
National Institute of Agricultural Science, Wanju-Gun, Jeollabuk-do Republic of Korea.
Food Sci Biotechnol. 2022 May 4;31(6):657-668. doi: 10.1007/s10068-022-01090-3. eCollection 2022 Jun.
The most serious threat which humans face is rapid global climate change, as the Earth shifts rapidly into a regime less hospitable to humans. To address the crisis caused by severe global climate change, it will be necessary to modify humankind's way of life. Because livestock production accounts for more than 14.5% of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, it is critical to reduce the dependence of humans on protein nutrients and calories obtained from livestock. One way to do so is to use insects as food. Compared with typical livestock, farming edible insects (or "mini-livestock") produce fewer GHG emissions, require less space and water, involve shorter life cycles, and have higher feed conversion rates. It has been recently reported that consumption of certain insects can prevent or treat human diseases. This review goes beyond entomophagy to entomotherapy and their application to the food industry.
人类面临的最严重威胁是全球气候迅速变化，因为地球正迅速进入一个对人类不太适宜居住的状态。为应对严重全球气候变化引发的危机，有必要改变人类的生活方式。由于畜牧业生产占所有温室气体（GHG）排放的14.5%以上，减少人类对从牲畜获取的蛋白质营养和热量的依赖至关重要。实现这一目标的一种方法是将昆虫用作食物。与典型牲畜相比，养殖食用昆虫（或“微型牲畜”）产生的温室气体排放更少，所需空间和水更少，生命周期更短，饲料转化率更高。最近有报道称，食用某些昆虫可以预防或治疗人类疾病。本综述超越了昆虫食用，探讨了昆虫疗法及其在食品工业中的应用。
