Mushrooms - the amazing benefits!

For thousands of years, Eastern cultures have revered mushrooms’ health benefits.1 Mushrooms have long been celebrated as a source of powerful nutrients, but they can also help Americans meet the dietary recommendations set forth in the 2010 Dietary Guidelines and Institute of Medicine’s Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D. Because Americans often eat mushrooms* and when they do, they tend to eat a healthier diet**, these positive benefits of mushrooms can have potential impact.

Often grouped with vegetables, mushrooms provide many of the nutritional attributes of produce, as well as attributes more commonly found in meat, beans or grains. Mushrooms are low in calories, fat-free, cholesterol-free, gluten-free, and very low in sodium, yet they provide important nutrients, including selenium, potassium (8%), riboflavin, niacin, vitamin D and more.

Nutrition researchers, communicators, and government and industry organizations who participated in the Mushrooms and Health Summit in Washington, DC, in September, 2013 explored the current state of the science. Summit proceedings, published in the Journal of Nutrition provide a review of the research supporting mushrooms as a food to help Americans eat healthy, responsible, sustainable diets.

Mushrooms are fungi, which are so distinct in nature they are classified as their own kingdom – separate from plants or animals. While commonly placed in the vegetable category for dietary recommendations, mushrooms are, however, not a vegetable based on their cellular organization and composition such as chitin and ergosterol. In fact, as the authors of a recent Nutrition Today article noted, mushrooms’ nutrient and culinary characteristics suggest it may be time to re-evaluate food groupings and health benefits in the context of three separate food kingdoms: plants/ botany; animals/zoology and fungi/mycology.

Mushrooms are a good source of B vitamins, including riboflavin, niacin, and pantothenic acid, which help to provide energy by breaking down proteins, fats and carbohydrates2. B vitamins also play an important role in the nervous system. Pantothenic acid helps with the production of hormones and also plays an important role in the nervous system2.Riboflavin helps maintain healthy red blood cells2.Niacin promotes healthy skin and makes sure the digestive and nervous systems function properly2. Mushrooms are also a source of important minerals: Selenium is a mineral that works as an antioxidant to protect body cells from damage that might lead to heart disease, some cancers and other diseases of aging2. It also has been found to be important for the immune system and fertility in men3. Many foods of animal origin and grains are good sources of selenium, but mushrooms are among the richest sources of selenium in the produce aisle and provide 8-22 mcg per serving4. This is good news for vegetarians, whose sources of selenium are limited.Ergothioneine is a naturally occurring antioxidant that also may help protect the body’s cells. Mushrooms provide 2.8-4.9 mg of ergothioneine per serving of white, portabella or crimini mushrooms5.Copper helps make red blood cells, which carry oxygen throughout the body. Copper also helps keep bones and nerves healthy2.Potassium is an important mineral many people do not get enough of. It aids in the maintenance of normal fluid and mineral balance, which helps control blood pressure. It also plays a role in making sure nerves and muscles, including the heart, function properly2. Mushrooms have 98-376 mg of potassium per 84 gram serving, which is 3-11 percent of the Daily Value4. Beta-glucans, found in numerous mushroom species, have shown marked immunity-stimulating effects, contribute to resistance against allergies and may also participate in physiological processes related to the metabolism of fats and sugars in the human body. The beta-glucans contained in oyster, shiitake and split gill mushrooms are considered to be the most effective6.

eddie wrote:I quoted from the link
Take it up with them.

Thorin wrote:

eddie wrote:I quoted from the link
Take it up with them.

Your quoted not from the first article in the media, but claims made once again on guess what?

From a retail site, trying to pitch Mushrooms

eddie wrote:

Thorin wrote:

Your quoted not from the first article in the media, but claims made once again on guess what?

From a retail site, trying to pitch Mushrooms

Oh sorry. I forgot that doctors and the medical profession didn't try to "pitch" their own medicine! More profit in chemo than a a few million ton of mushrooms.
I'd rather eat mushrooms than cocktails of powder...thanks!

eddie wrote:Each person can do their own research. It's that simple.

eddie wrote:Let's start with this week's front page from a newspaper:



Then further reading:

For thousands of years, Eastern cultures have revered mushrooms’ health benefits.1 Mushrooms have long been celebrated as a source of powerful nutrients, but they can also help Americans meet the dietary recommendations set forth in the 2010 Dietary Guidelines and Institute of Medicine’s Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D. Because Americans often eat mushrooms* and when they do, they tend to eat a healthier diet**, these positive benefits of mushrooms can have potential impact.

Often grouped with vegetables, mushrooms provide many of the nutritional attributes of produce, as well as attributes more commonly found in meat, beans or grains. Mushrooms are low in calories, fat-free, cholesterol-free, gluten-free, and very low in sodium, yet they provide important nutrients, including selenium, potassium (8%), riboflavin, niacin, vitamin D and more.

Nutrition researchers, communicators, and government and industry organizations who participated in the Mushrooms and Health Summit in Washington, DC, in September, 2013 explored the current state of the science. Summit proceedings, published in the Journal of Nutrition provide a review of the research supporting mushrooms as a food to help Americans eat healthy, responsible, sustainable diets.

Mushrooms are fungi, which are so distinct in nature they are classified as their own kingdom – separate from plants or animals. While commonly placed in the vegetable category for dietary recommendations, mushrooms are, however, not a vegetable based on their cellular organization and composition such as chitin and ergosterol. In fact, as the authors of a recent Nutrition Today article noted, mushrooms’ nutrient and culinary characteristics suggest it may be time to re-evaluate food groupings and health benefits in the context of three separate food kingdoms: plants/ botany; animals/zoology and fungi/mycology.

Mushrooms are a good source of B vitamins, including riboflavin, niacin, and pantothenic acid, which help to provide energy by breaking down proteins, fats and carbohydrates2. B vitamins also play an important role in the nervous system. Pantothenic acid helps with the production of hormones and also plays an important role in the nervous system2.Riboflavin helps maintain healthy red blood cells2.Niacin promotes healthy skin and makes sure the digestive and nervous systems function properly2. Mushrooms are also a source of important minerals: Selenium is a mineral that works as an antioxidant to protect body cells from damage that might lead to heart disease, some cancers and other diseases of aging2. It also has been found to be important for the immune system and fertility in men3. Many foods of animal origin and grains are good sources of selenium, but mushrooms are among the richest sources of selenium in the produce aisle and provide 8-22 mcg per serving4. This is good news for vegetarians, whose sources of selenium are limited.Ergothioneine is a naturally occurring antioxidant that also may help protect the body’s cells. Mushrooms provide 2.8-4.9 mg of ergothioneine per serving of white, portabella or crimini mushrooms5.Copper helps make red blood cells, which carry oxygen throughout the body. Copper also helps keep bones and nerves healthy2.Potassium is an important mineral many people do not get enough of. It aids in the maintenance of normal fluid and mineral balance, which helps control blood pressure. It also plays a role in making sure nerves and muscles, including the heart, function properly2. Mushrooms have 98-376 mg of potassium per 84 gram serving, which is 3-11 percent of the Daily Value4. Beta-glucans, found in numerous mushroom species, have shown marked immunity-stimulating effects, contribute to resistance against allergies and may also participate in physiological processes related to the metabolism of fats and sugars in the human body. The beta-glucans contained in oyster, shiitake and split gill mushrooms are considered to be the most effective6.

Read research about the nutrient composition of mushrooms here: http://m.mushroominfo.com/benefits/

And! Mushrooms and Cancer
Scientists at City of Hope were some of the first to find a potential link between mushrooms and a decreased likelihood of tumor growth and development in cells and animals. City of Hope researchers now plan to apply this research to human clinical trials.

I am so glad these are my favourite snack. My favourite flavour in the whole world.

Thorin wrote:

eddie wrote:Each person can do their own research. It's that simple.

I am happy for you to do that, just don't make unfounded claims to people, which could endanger their lives, please.

Its nothing personal against you Eddie, you know I think you are fab. I am just asking you to think of the consequences of what you are doing promoting such claims to people on cancer. I don't mind you posting them and debating them here. I am talking about in the real world

Have a good evening

x

Vicar of Dibley (vod) wrote:

Thorin wrote:

I am happy for you to do that, just don't make unfounded claims to people, which could endanger their lives, please.

Its nothing personal against you Eddie, you know I think you are fab. I am just asking you to think of the consequences of what you are doing promoting such claims to people on cancer. I don't mind you posting them and debating them here. I am talking about in the real world

Have a good evening

x

How can mushrooms endanger people's lives ?

Thorin wrote:

Vicar of Dibley (vod) wrote:

How can mushrooms endanger people's lives ?

Very easily, if they are wrongly led to believe they are a cure to cancer and stop the medical treatment that can save their lives. Plus also if they are poisonous. .

The fact you do not realize this just adds to my concern of the irresponsibility of some people that promote these unfounded claims to cures and what can happen to peoples lives, when they are misled.
The fact I have explained this already above and you fail to grasp this is worrying to say the least
Neither you nor Eddie have any comprehension or qualifications of medical science and yet irresponsibly peddle poor unfounded claims, that can deny people he treatment they need in order to survive.

How many people need to needlessly die of cancer from being sold a lie by people like yourself, until this sinks in? The best way to equate with how irresponsible people are when they make these claims, is like telling a person that they will be able to fly if they jump off a cliff by flapping their hands and that their hands alone will make them be able to fly.

Vicar of Dibley (vod) wrote:

Thorin wrote:


Very easily, if they are wrongly led to believe they are a cure to cancer and stop the medical treatment that can save their lives. Plus also if they are poisonous. .

The fact you do not realize this just adds to my concern of the irresponsibility of some people that promote these unfounded claims to cures and what can happen to peoples lives, when they are misled.
The fact I have explained this already above and you fail to grasp this is worrying to say the least
Neither you nor Eddie have any comprehension or qualifications of medical science and yet irresponsibly peddle poor unfounded claims, that can deny people he treatment they need in order to survive.

How many people need to needlessly die of cancer from being sold a lie by people like yourself, until this sinks in? The best way to equate with how irresponsible people are when they make these claims, is like telling a person that they will be able to fly if they jump off a cliff by flapping their hands and that their hands alone will make them be able to fly.

I don't care what you or the medical profession say - people who have tried food to heal them and have reversed conditions are enough to convince me .
That's a stupid example about jumping off a cliff flapping their hands to make them fly - people with diseases are fast losing faith in the medical profession and are turning to food and alternative medicines .
And i haven't sold a lie to anyone you cheeky twat - i don't see anything wrong in using food for health and a lot of medicines now are based on herbs .

Vicar of Dibley (vod) wrote:Your opinion is just that - it means nothing you are not an expert in any subject you just dream to be - you cannot stop people using alternative medicine or food to improve their health - it angers you didge because you have no power to force people to be on your side .

Vicar of Dibley (vod) wrote:Again you are arrogant that you are the only who can be right .

eddie wrote:Each person can do their own research. It's that simple.

Vicar of Dibley (vod) wrote:

Thorin wrote:

eddie wrote:Each person can do their own research. It's that simple.

I am happy for you to do that, just don't make unfounded claims to people, which could endanger their lives, please.

Its nothing personal against you Eddie, you know I think you are fab. I am just asking you to think of the consequences of what you are doing promoting such claims to people on cancer. I don't mind you posting them and debating them here. I am talking about in the real world

Have a good evening

x

How can mushrooms endanger people's lives ?

Vicar of Dibley (vod) wrote:

Thorin wrote:

I am happy for you to do that, just don't make unfounded claims to people, which could endanger their lives, please.

Its nothing personal against you Eddie, you know I think you are fab. I am just asking you to think of the consequences of what you are doing promoting such claims to people on cancer. I don't mind you posting them and debating them here. I am talking about in the real world

Have a good evening

x

How can mushrooms endanger people's lives ?

nicko wrote:I ate a Mushroom with a red cap with white spots on it,   best I ever tasted. I was alright when I came out of Hospital!

It was very crowded in there,     in fact, there was not mushroom.

veya_victaous wrote:

eddie wrote:Each person can do their own research. It's that simple.

it really isn't
in large part because there is so many crappy claims on the internet.

Also it only ever says 'reduces'
and i am almost 100% positive I could work out a 'study' with
more evidence than a lot of these websites that shows spider juice 'reduces cancer' too.

I dont think spider juice keeps
just pm me your mailing address and I 'll post you a box of live ones and instructions on how to make into a smoothie.

eddie wrote:Great anti-ageing benefits to mushrooms - that's a massive bonus for me
You are what you eat and I'll be 21 again soon if I keep eating them at this rate.

Vicar of Dibley (vod) wrote:

eddie wrote:Great anti-ageing benefits to mushrooms - that's a massive bonus for me
You are what you eat and I'll be 21 again soon if I keep eating them at this rate.

And lots of vitamin D too

nicko wrote:I ate a Mushroom with a red cap with white spots on it,   best I ever tasted. I was alright when I came out of Hospital!

It was very crowded in there,     in fact, there was not mushroom.