Mushroom Nutrition Facts

Mushrooms are classified under the category of Fungi. There are more than two thousand types of these mushrooms found scattered all over the globe. The most commonly eaten types of mushrooms are the portabella, enoki, oyster and the truffles. The mushrooms grow in the wild areas of the forests and deep in the woody damp areas.

The wild mushrooms are also edible and are commonly found in the markets too. But there are certain types of mushrooms which are edible but found very rarely. The demand for these mushrooms is so much that commercial cultivation of these varieties of mushrooms has been initiated. There are many poisonous varieties of mushrooms too, which can cause intense toxic symptoms like paralysis or even death on consumption, so it is necessary to properly identify these mushrooms properly and if needed expert advice should be taken before choosing to eat one of these found from the woods.

They are an excellent source of nutrition, as they do not contain any unwanted categories of food like fats or even sodium. Majority of the content, almost eighty to ninety percent of the composition is water. The number of calories provided by thirty grams of mushrooms is about one hundred calories.

The portabella mushrooms are quite rich in Potassium, and surpasses the potassium content of a banana. The abundant amount of fibre in these mushrooms is another one good reason to include them in the dietary schedule. They are a boon to people who are actively trying to lose some of the excess flab, because it has low calories, low sodium and high fibre content, which causes an early sense of filling up of the stomach. They are also found to be quite beneficial to patients suffering from a raised blood pressure or those patients who have undergone a stroke.

There are powerful anti-oxidants found in these mushrooms, making them all the more beneficial. The anti oxidants are the cleaners of the body. They clean up all the free radicals by attaching to these radicals and then get eliminated out of the body safely. The free radicals have been linked to causing wide spread tissue damage and also are the pre-cursors to killer diseases like Cancer and Cardio vascular diseases. Selenium is the anti oxidant found in Mushrooms.

These wonder foods also have been found to be rich sources of Vitamin B groups, like niacin and also Vitamin D, which are both highly useful for nerve and bone health.

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