The nutritional value of mushrooms and the effects of eating mushrooms

Mushrooms have always been a delicacy on people’s tables. Let us learn about the nutritional value of mushrooms.

Mushroom Introduction

Mushrooms are the fruiting caps and stipes of the Agaricales family of the edible fungi phylum, subphylum, phylum Basidiomycetes, and subphylum Agaricaceae. They are often referred to as the "four major edible fungi" that are beneficial to the human body, along with oyster mushrooms, straw mushrooms, and shiitake mushrooms. Mushrooms are of the best quality when they are 2 to 4 cm in diameter, have not yet opened, have short and thick stipes that are about 2 to 4 cm long, and have a horizontal diameter of 1.5 to 2 cm. They are thick, crispy, and tender, and have a strong aroma. They are most cultivated artificially, and their flesh is plump, tender, and delicious. They are edible fungi.

The cap of the mushroom is white or light yellow. The young mushroom is hemispherical with rolled edges, and gradually expands into an umbrella shape as it matures. The stipe supports the center of the cap and is white. The gills are pink at first and then turn brown. There is a ring on the stipe.

Nutritional value of mushrooms

1. Improve the body's immunity: The active ingredients of mushrooms can enhance the function of T lymphocytes, thereby improving the body's immunity against various diseases;

2. Analgesia and sedation: A Brazilian study found that a substance extracted from mushrooms has analgesic and sedative effects. It is said that its analgesic effect can replace m;

3. Antitussive and phlegm-reducing: Animal experiments have shown that mushroom extract has a significant antitussive and phlegm-reducing effect.

4. Laxative and detoxifying: Mushrooms contain crude fiber, semi-crude fiber and lignin that are difficult for the human body to digest. They can maintain the water balance in the intestines and absorb the remaining cholesterol and sugar and excrete them out of the body. They are very beneficial for preventing constipation, intestinal cancer, arteriosclerosis, diabetes, etc.

5. Mushrooms contain tyrosinase, which has a significant effect on lowering blood pressure.

Mushroom edible effects

Mushrooms are sweet and cool in nature, and enter the stomach and large intestine meridians;

It has the effects of invigorating the mind and appetizing, resolving phlegm and regulating qi, and nourishing the spleen and replenishing qi;

It is mainly used to treat symptoms such as lack of energy, loss of appetite, phlegm nodules, vomiting and diarrhea, and incontinence of turbid urine.