While the idea of eating worms and insects may make you feel uneasy, research shows a vast array of benefits when integrating these critters into your meals and snacks. In 2013, the United Nations ...

Tried meatless Mondays? How about black fly Fridays or scorpion Sundays? New York City-based chef Joseph Yoon started cooking insects four years ago for an art project. He now wants to change our ...

The scope of insect diet science and technology -- Food science, food technology, and insect diet programs -- Representative case studies -- Antioxidants -- Antibiotics -- Sensory qualities and ...

While many Westerners find the idea of eating beetles or crickets unappetizing, this view is actually a global outlier. For roughly two billion people worldwide, eating insects — known as entomophagy ...

Tufts welcomed chef Joseph Yoon, the executive director of Brooklyn Bugs Wednesday, April 17, to host an educational workshop on the health and environmental benefits of incorporating insects into the ...

Eating insects is not a common practice in many cultures, but research indicates that it could be a good source of nutrition and even improve gut health. Phys.org tells us that Tiffany Weir, an ...

In response to the global increase in demand for food caused by demographic growth and population aging, a team of researchers from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) has made progress in ...

The mice then started eating two types of mealworms in a dried, powdered form similar to flour, substituting either 50% or 100% of the casein in the diet. During and after 8 weeks on the experimental ...

Skyrocketing input costs are forcing livestock producers to find other ways to provide protein to flocks. Insects might be a ...