Entomophagy: Can you swallow this food trend?

Would you rather miss a PB by a single second, or eat a grasshopper? Runners who are competitive enough would probably strongly consider the grasshopper in this moment… being grossed out is temporary, but pride is forever, right? Eating insects isn’t new. Including bugs are a main food ingredient (the technical term is entomophagy) is however becoming more trendy.

If you’d be more likely to try entomophagy out if it didn’t look like a bunch of creepy-crawlies on your plate, you’re in luck. In 2013, a group of McGill MBA students won a 1 million dollar prize for their development of a bug-based flour. The students claim that this removes the “yuck factor,” while providing consumers with a “power flour” much higher in protein and iron than regular flour.

Read full article: Running Magazine, 2 February, 2016