Abstract

FLETA ZARAGOZANO, J. Entomophagy: an alternative to our traditional diet?. Sanid. Mil. [online]. 2018, vol.74, n.1, pp.41-46. ISSN 1887-8571.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/s1887-85712018000100008.

The author comments on the growing interest in exotic diets, including entomophagy. After describing the properties of insects as food, the author warns of the risk that arthropod intake may entail when due sanitary guarantees are not observed. However, entomophagy may be a possibility in the face of occasional starvation, drought, starvation and war or a hypothetical nuclear disaster. Experimental insect farms, as a source of protein, could bring knowledge of interest to the armed forces.

Keywords : Diet; Feeding; Exotic Diet; Entomophagy; Proteins.

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