Experts predict we'll all be eating bugs in the future. I know it sounds crazy, but hear me out.

They're nutritious and extremely sustainable, as the amount of feed converted into edible food is

much higher than livestock farming. Packed with protein, bugs are a perfect meat substitute,

if only we can get over the taste. So that got me thinking, how tasty

are bugs? Could we all be swapping out our Kentucky fried chicken for Chinese fried cockroaches?

You're listening. You're listening to be amazed.

For most people, the experience of eating bugs is unpleasant.

Shocking, I know.

But some people can't get over the crunching of the shell, the squishing of the guts,

or the little legs getting stuck between your teeth.

But sustainability isn't the only benefit of eating bugs. The protein content may help to win over the gym junkies out there.

Companies are already clocking onto the market for conscientious fitness fanatics with the development of cricket powder.

Ground crickets provide a real nutritional wallop. They have more iron than spinach,

more calcium than milk, and more vitamin B12 than salmon or beef. Crickets grow more than 10 times

faster than cattle and consume 12% less feed per unit of weight. Plus new research indicates

that cricket farming requires much less water

and only emits a tiny fraction of the CO2 of conventional farming. The only question is, would

you get your gains from old Jiminy Cricket and his pals? Now the next time you find yourself

lost in the Ecuadorian jungle, your stomach rumbling, don't fret. Simply break a twig off a tree and crack it open like

king crab legs. If you're lucky, a mess of light brown ants will come spilling out. These tasty

morsels are called lemon ants. They're indeed edible, and as for flavor, the clue is in the name.

The formic acid in their bodies gives them a mild citrusy flavor,

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