DDP Newsletter, Vol. XXXVII, No. 6
Using insects as a main source of animal protein is a big part of the World Economic Forum’s plans for us. To sustain a continued growth of 75 million souls per year, they say all of us need to eat bugs, just as some people have for centuries.
In fact, you may already be eating them as deliberate ingredients and not just contaminants. It’s another reason to read the labels on your food carefully.
If you search on amazon for “crickets” you will find Hotlix along with the food for reptiles, birds, and fish. Hotlix candy is made from “real crickets” and is said to be ideal as stocking stuffers or gifts for Father’s Day, birthdays, or other occasions. A “raw power cricket protein bar” is available in a package labeled “Thank you for saving earth!” Cricket flour is being incorporated into all kinds of products from soups to pasta.
Raising insects is supposed to be much better for the Planet than raising livestock. Insects are said to require about 4% of the water and 10% of the amount of grain that a cow would require to produce the same amount of food biomass. Livestock emit methane and ammonia waste (a,k,a. fertilizer). “Livestock is the second largest contributor to the most serious environmental concerns and augments 18% of greenhouse gas emissions.” Termites produce only 5% of global methane emissions, compared with 28% by livestock (https://tinyurl.com/3wnzyhur). Livestock also take up space (which might be needed for solar and wind installations).
No part of the insect is wasted—you eat all of it, including the skeleton and whatever it ate, at all stages of the digestive process. Insects are commonly fed oatmeal before they are fed to humans to clean their intestinal tract. “Therefore, insects that are farmed and fed a reliable food source are typically safer than foraged insects. When eating insects, it is important to remain safe in order to reap the full benefits of these edible arthropods” (https://tinyurl.com/p44y4pc3).
Insects may help you lose weight. They have a high-protein, low-fat nutritional profile. When compared to beef, crickets had about half the calories and one-third the amount of fat for the same weight of meat (ibid.).
Public acceptance has been surprisingly high, especially if people are told they are saving the planet from global warming. Indoctrination is beginning early as children are fed insect snacks at school. Fitness studios are adding insect protein powders to their on-site food offerings. The market for edible insects is expected to grow by more than 26% per year, reaching $4.6 billion by 2027 (https://tinyurl.com/3djjfmvj).
Researchers have ground up insects and found the amino acid, mineral, and micronutrient content to be “highly nutritious.” I have been unable to find any long-term studies of the effects of an insect-based diet on health. Apparently, such evidence is not needed to promote—or force—a radical change in people’s lives.
Among the benefits touted by the New Yorker: “They are natural recyclers, capable of eating old cardboard, manure, and by-products from food manufacturing. And insect husbandry is humane: bugs like teeming, and thrive in filthy, crowded conditions” (https://tinyurl.com/yrd3pr97).
Some allergic problems are acknowledged. Persons with shellfish allergies might be allergic to chitin. Depending on what the insects ate, they might not be gluten-free.
Some humans can digest chitin, which forms insects’ exoskeleton, but the majority probably cannot. Some studies show evidence that chitin may be carcinogenic and trigger the immune system, writes Robert Malone, M.D. (https://tinyurl.com/mrycbv8y).
Chitin activates a variety of innate (eosinophils, macrophages) and adaptive immune cells (IL-4/IL-13 expressing T helper type-2 lymphocytes). Chitin induces cytokine production, leukocyte recruitment, and alternative macrophage activation. “The significance of chitin and its derivatives on immune responses has not been fully appreciated.” (https://tinyurl.com/yj3z88vv).
Other effects include potential interference with the absorption of dietary lipids from the gastrointestinal tract. Long-term consumption might lead to deficiency of fat-soluble vitamins A and E (https://tinyurl.com/yx8utpnn).
Breads made with powdered cricket flour may be loaded with potentially dangerous bacterial spores (ibid.). One study detected parasites in 81% of insect farms, and 30% of those could potentially affect humans (tinyurl.com/35kdu2m8). Studies of other risks such as bacterial pathogens are being compiled (https://tinyurl.com/34y8vfp5).
A search on “edible insects; safety” on Pubmed.gov found articles considering contamination with mycotoxins or heavy metals, transference of antibiotic resistance, insect viruses, pesticide residues, and changes in gut microbiota. As one abstract noted: “Further studies are needed to evaluate the possible effects of prolonged insect consumption on human health.” However, the plan apparently is like that for novel vaccines: implement globally, with a multimillion-dollar propaganda campaign (https://tinyurl.com/m64uwxhm), and constantly repeat “safe and effective.”
For example, PBS, which has received millions from the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation, recently aired a new documentary pushing the bug-eating agenda (https://tinyurl.com/468hc63h).
DELIBERATELY CREATED FOOD SHORTAGES
Why the emergency? Part of UN agenda 2030 is to cut 30% of land from farm production, Dr. Malone reports. Once gone, a farm is not immediately replaceable. Meeting zero-emission “climate” goals is said to require reducing meat consumption to 24 kg per person per year, from the current OECD average of 70 kg. The Dutch government is expropriating 3,000 farms based on a false “nitrogen crisis” (tinyurl.com/4nwnzht3).The Netherlands is the world’s second-largest food exporter.
Fertilizer shortages and high prices, partly due to the high price of natural gas, the feedstock for ammonia fertilizer, will cause serious decreases in crop yields (tinyurl.com/mtjp5jru) and likely widespread starvation (https://tinyurl.com/ydrxd48t).
Plant-derived fake meat and Israeli-based 3D-printed lab-grown meat from cultured animal fibroblasts are being promoted. Believer Meat is building the world’s largest facility in North Carolina (https://tinyurl.com/5xh5vznw).
The main commercial driver behind the push to use crickets as food in North America is Aspire Groups, “supported” by the UN, Dr. Malone writes. A single facility in Canada can immediately begin producing 9000 tons (18 million pounds) of crickets a year, with the help of artificial intelligence. Aspire Foods is listed as one of the top ten outstanding projects to advance UN sustainable food goals, particularly in North America. Will these gambles pay off for Bill Gates and other developers? Possibly. But how much world depopulation will result?