Thursday, June 7, 2007

Mushrooms

Do you know all these about mushrooms?





Mushrooms are reported to have...

1. Anti tumor activity
2. Regulate blood pressure,
3. blood sugar,
4. and inflammation


Examples of useful mushrooms:

Shitake- contains lentinan which are now being used to treat colorectal cancers in Japan.










Button mushrooms- rich in proteins, B vitamins & some unsaturated fatty acids









Oyster mushrooms- contains L ergothionine which is a potent anti-oxidant.


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