In a society that rejects the consumption of insects / there are some individuals / who overcome this rejection, / but most will continue with this attitude.

It may be very difficult to convince an entire society / that insects are totally suitable for consumption.

However, / there are examples / in which this reversal of attitudes about certain foods / has happened to an entire society.

Several examples in the past 120 years from European ­- American society are: / considering lobster a luxury food / instead of a food for servants and prisoners; / considering sushi a safe and delicious food; / and considering pizza not just a food for the rural poor of Sicily.

In Latin American countries, / where insects are already consumed, / a portion of the population hates their consumption / and associates it with poverty.

There are also examples of people / who have had the habit of consuming them / and gave up that habit due to shame, / and because they do not want to be categorized / as poor or uncivilized.

According to Esther Katz, an anthropologist, / if the consumption of insects as a food luxury / is to be promoted, / there would be more chances / that some individuals / who do not present this habit / overcome ideas under which they were educated.

And this could also help / to revalue the consumption of insects / by those people who already eat them.