For thousands of years, edible insects have been used as food to alleviate hunger and
improve malnutrition. Some insects have also been used as medicines because of their
therapeutic properties. This is not only due to the high nutritional value of edible insects, but
more importantly, the active substances from edible insects have a variety of biofunctional
activities. In this paper, we described and summarized the nutritional composition of edible
insects and discussed the biological functions of edible insects and their potential benefits …