The pros and cons of fried grasshoppers

Grasshoppers, also known as locusts, are a kind of pest that is extremely harmful to crops. There are historical records that when a locust plague comes, the locusts will cover the sky and earth, and will eat up all the crops in the field in a short time, leaving no grain, and even the surrounding leaves are not spared. Despite this, people have discovered that frying grasshoppers is especially delicious, so this is also a traditional delicacy passed down from the past. Let’s talk about the pros and cons of eating fried grasshoppers.

Benefits: It can supplement protein because grasshoppers contain a lot of high-quality protein.

Grasshoppers have extremely high medicinal value. According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica", they can be used alone or in combination to treat a variety of diseases. They have the effects of relieving cough and asthma, detoxifying, and clearing rash. They are mainly used to treat whooping cough, bronchial asthma, infantile convulsions, sore throat, rash, bronchitis, and antispasmodic. They also have the effects of lowering blood pressure, losing weight, lowering cholesterol, nourishing and strengthening the body, and nourishing the stomach and spleen. Long-term consumption can prevent the occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. They can be used externally to treat otitis media. Frosted grasshoppers can treat bacillary dysentery, enteritis, etc. It is rich in nutrition, tender and delicious like shrimp, and the structure of nutrients in its body is more reasonable than that of livestock and poultry.

Grasshoppers are low in fat and cholesterol, with a fat content of 5.25%. They mainly feed on green grass of the Poaceae family and do not eat other feed. It is reported that some patients with obesity, hypertension, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases currently tend to eat insects in order to lose weight and cure diseases. According to relevant experts, grasshoppers are the most ideal space food for humans in the future and the ideal food for weight loss and bodybuilding in modern society.

The dangers of eating grasshoppers are as follows:

1. Causes allergies Grasshoppers are rich in protein, which is a foreign protein for the human body, especially for those with allergies. It is a common allergen and can cause a variety of allergic diseases, such as allergic purpura, allergic asthma, anaphylactic shock, allergic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, etc.

2. Causes obesity, and frequent consumption can cause indigestion. In addition to causing allergies, fried grasshoppers can also cause obesity, and frequent consumption can cause indigestion. Fried grasshoppers contain a large amount of trans fat, which can easily cause blood clots, and easily produce carcinogens that induce cancer.

3. Pesticide poisoning: Many pesticides such as trichlorfon are highly effective and low-residue drugs that can remain in grasshoppers' bodies. Although they pose little harm to humans, to be on the safe side, you should also be careful not to eat too much.