I finish university. I found a job. I quit my job.

I found
a start up. The start up is making money. I am good
looking, I have got an immaculate body with 6 pack
abs, a nice car an infinity pool in my penthouse . I
hang out with play boy bunnies. I go to parties in Las
Vegas with celebrities. I am living the good life.

But then One day I wake up and I have a terrible

chest pain. I am feeling very sick. I go see a doctor
and he says its just a small chest infection, nothing
big. Nothing to worry about. He prescribes me some
medicine and tells me to tone down the partying.

I follow the doctor’s orders. I start using the

medication. The chest pain is gone the fever is
gone. Everything seemed fine. However, after a
while I start noticing that my appetite has increased
significantly. I have started eating more than ever
and I have started gaining weight.

I go back to see the doctor. I tell him about my

increase in appetite and weight gain. After running a
few tests, the doctor tells me that I have a rare
metabolic disorder caused by overproduction of
cortisol hormones. The medicine that he prescribed
me had triggered the hormone growth. And he tells
me within 6 months my weight would go up to 200
KGs and there is nothing he could do to reverse the
effect.

I feel absolutely crushed. Soon afterwards I start

feeling less motivated towards work. I start feeling
uncomfortable around my celebrity friends and I stop
hanging out with my playboy bunnies. I feel horrible
about myself. I can’t even look myself in the mirror
anymore. My life starts to spiral downwards and I
become a fat ugly pathetic alcoholic bum!

Fast Forward 6 Months I am watching TV and I see

a documentary about how sumo wrestlers are
worshipped like gods in Japan. They are some of
the biggest celebrities there and they get to hang out
with some of the hottest Asian girls. Watching that
documentary gave me an idea. That I can use my
weight gain to advantage and become a sumo
wrestler.

As I found out there were no sumo masters or sumo

training gyms in Pakistan. I started self training
myself sumo. I started posting my wrestling
technique videos on sumo wrestling blogs where I
asked people to comment about my technique. And
before I knew it, my sumo videos become a viral
sensation and I become a YOU TUBE Celebrity. I
got featured and interviewed by the news channels
from across the world.

Then one day I get a phone call from the Japanese

Sumo Association who invited me for an invitational
Sumo Tournament in Tokyo.

The tournament in Tokyo wasn’t easy, I received

instant hate from the fellow sumo wrestlers as well
as the media channels covering the event. I was
mocked for my Pakistani heritage and was told to
stick to cricket by the fans and the media.

Despite finishing tenth in the tournament, my fighting

spirit and triumphant celebrations won the audience
over. And I went down in the history books as the
First Pakistani ever to participate in a Sumo
Championship.
Most of the world has been comfortable with
entomophagy, or the practice of eating insects, for
millennia. But it is only in the past few years that it
has gained momentum in Western countries,
particularly with respect to insects. World’s insect-
food industry didn’t spring from a spontaneous,
collective epiphany about shifting food tastes.
Rather, it can be traced to two catalysts. One was
the 2013 FAO report that sparked the birth of Critter
Bitters. The other was a 2010 TED talk by Dutch
ecological entomologist Marcel Dicke that has been
viewed online 1.2 million times.

Increasingly more and more Environmentalists,

Dietitians and academics have started reporting the
facts and benefits of paleo eating. These trends can
be divided into three sub trends:

Health:
◦ -  Insects are healthy, nutritious alternatives to
main stream staples such as chicken, pork,
beef and even fish (from ocean catch).
◦ -  Many insects are rich in protein and good
fats and high in calcium,iron and zinc.
◦ -  Insects already form a traditional part of
many regional and national diets.
Environmental:
◦ -  Insects promoted as food emit considerably
fewer green house gases (GHGs) than most
livestock (methane, for instance, is produced
by only a few insect groups, such as
termites and cockroaches).
◦ -  Insect rearing is not necessarily a land-based
activity and does not require land clearing to
expand production. Feed is the major
requirement for land.
◦ -  The ammonia emissions associated with
insect rearing are also far lower than those
linked to conventional livestock, such as
pigs.
◦ -  Because they are cold-blooded, insects are
very efficient at converting feed into protein
(crickets, for example, need 12 times less
feed than cattle, four times less feed than
sheep, and half as much feed as pigs and
broiler chickens to produce the same
amount of protein).
◦ -  Insects can be fed on organic waste streams.
ECONOMIC
◦ -  Insectharvesting/rearingisalow-tech,low-
capitalinvestmentoptionthatoffers entry even
to the poorest sections of society, such as
women and the landless.
◦ -  Mini livestock offer livelihood opportunities for
both urban and rural people.
◦ -  Insect rearing can be low-tech or very
sophisticated, depending on the level of
investment.