NOVEMBER 16, 2021 MUSHROOMS

There are many benefits for mushrooms. Some of the pertinent points are:

  1. Valuable mineral content , especially trace minerals

  2. Mushrooms are a great slimming food

  3. Many mushrooms regulate cholesterol especially Shiitake and Pleurotus

  4. Mushrooms are high in fiber as chitin, lignan and cellulose

  5. Mushrooms are high is vitamins especially B vitamins

  6. There is very little fat in mushrooms ; There is no cholesterol

  7. Mushrooms are an excellent source of protein , including all amino acids

  8. Some of the species are

    1. Lentitins edodes Skittake

    2. Trametes versicolor Turkey tail

    3. Ganoderma lucidem Reishi

    4. Inonotus obliquus Chaga

    5. Wolfiporia cocos Hoelen, Fuling

    6. Pleurotus spp Oyster Mushroom

    7. Cordyceps militaris Cordyceps

    8. Hericeum erinaceous Lion’s mane