What nutritional value do mushrooms have? A comprehensive analysis in one article

Every vegetable has its own unique nutrition; are you aware of it? Which vitamins do they contain? What are their main benefits? When you fall ill, which vegetables should you eat more of? These seem like topics that nutrition experts should concern themselves with, right? But in today's "sub-health" society, we have no choice but to master some knowledge of nutrition to support our bodies, which are increasingly burdened with "heavy loads."

Button mushroom

Introduction: The button mushroom is delicious, with a delicate, soft, and smooth texture that is very palatable. It can be stir-fried or blanched and served cold, and its shape is neat and attractive, making it one of people's favorite mushrooms.

Benefits: The button mushroom, rich in the trace element selenium, is a good selenium-supplementing food. A few hours after drinking button mushroom soup, the selenium content in the blood and the hemoglobin count will increase, and the activity of glutathione peroxidase in the blood will be significantly enhanced. It can prevent peroxides from damaging the body, reduce the rise in blood pressure and increased blood viscosity caused by selenium deficiency, regulate the work of the thyroid, and improve immunity. The button mushroom contains a variety of antiviral components, which have a very good effect in adjunctively treating diseases caused by viruses. The button mushroom is a relatively good weight-loss and beauty food. The large amount of plant fiber it contains has the effect of preventing constipation, and has the effect of preventing constipation, promoting detoxification, preventing diabetes and colorectal cancer, and lowering cholesterol content. Moreover, it is also a low-calorie food, which can prevent weight gain.

Suitable for: Everyone is suitable to eat it.

Suitable amount: 30 grams each time.

Warm tip: It is best to eat fresh mushrooms. On the market there are bagged button mushrooms soaked in liquid; before eating, be sure to rinse them several times to remove certain chemical substances. It is best eaten with meat dishes. When preparing dishes, there is no need to add monosodium glutamate or chicken essence.

Chicken drumstick mushroom

Introduction: The chicken drumstick mushroom is the common name for Coprinus comatus. Its shape resembles a chicken drumstick, and its taste and flavor are similar to chicken; it is known as the "new star among fungi." Because the chicken drumstick mushroom combines nutrition, health care, and dietary therapy in one, has the excellent characteristics of high protein and low fat, and has excellent color, aroma, taste, and appearance, with a white, bright, and beautiful fruiting body and delicate flesh, and remains tender after long cooking whether stir-fried, stewed, or made into soup, being smooth, tender, and delicately fragrant, it is therefore highly favored by people.

Benefits: According to analysis and measurement, the protein content of the chicken drumstick mushroom is 3 times that of rice, 2 times that of @#@245@#@, 2.5 times that of pork, 1.2 times that of beef, 0.5 times that of fish, and 8 times that of milk. The chicken drumstick mushroom contains 20 kinds of amino acids, and all 8 essential amino acids for the human body are present, so the chicken drumstick mushroom is a very good nutritional food, and is very beneficial to people who are weak or need recuperation after illness. The chicken drumstick mushroom has the effect of regulating sugar metabolism in the body and lowering blood sugar, and can also regulate blood lipids. It has a health-care effect on diabetic patients and patients with high blood lipids, and is an ideal food for diabetic patients. Traditional Chinese medicine holds that the chicken drumstick mushroom is sweet and neutral in nature and flavor, and can benefit the stomach, clear the mind, increase appetite, promote digestion, and reduce hemorrhoids.

Suitable for: Everyone is suitable, especially suitable for diabetic patients to eat.

Suitable amount: 60 grams each time.

Warm tip: Suitable to eat with meat.

Lion's mane mushroom

Introduction: Also called lion's head and lion's head fungus, it is named for its appearance, which closely resembles the head of a small monkey. The lion's mane mushroom is an incomparably delicious mountain delicacy; its flesh is fresh and tender, fragrant and delicious, and it has the reputation of being the "meat among vegetables." For a long time, people have listed it together with bear paw, @#@244@#@, and shark fin as the "four great famous dishes," or mentioned it in the same breath as bird's nest. It has a very good nourishing effect, and a folk proverb says, "Eat more lion's mane, and you will regain your youth."

Benefits: The unsaturated fatty acids contained in lion's mane are beneficial to blood circulation and can lower blood cholesterol content, making it an ideal food for patients with high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease. It can improve the body's immune function and can delay human aging. Modern medical research has found that lion's mane can inhibit the synthesis of genetic material in cancer cells, thereby preventing cancers of the digestive tract and other malignant tumors. For digestive system diseases such as gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, and gastritis, after steaming and cooking and eating before bedtime, it has a health-care effect on patients with diseases of the trachea and other muscle tissues, can calm sleep and relieve asthma, and enhance cell vitality and resistance.

Suitable for: Suitable for all ages. People with cardiovascular disease, digestive system disease, and those suffering from cough and asthma can all eat it.

Suitable amount: 20 grams of dried lion's mane mushroom each time.

Warm tip: The nutritional components of artificially cultivated lion's mane mushroom are higher than those of wild ones. To eat lion's mane mushroom, it must go through four stages: washing, soaking to expand, rinsing, and cooking. Only when the lion's mane mushroom is as soft and tender as tofu can its nutritional components be fully released.

Oyster mushroom

Introduction: Oyster mushroom, also called side ear and ear mushroom, is the most common kind among everyday edible fungi. It is thick and plump in texture, tender, smooth, and delicious, with a fragrance similar to oysters. Whether stir-fried as a vegetarian dish or prepared as a meat dish, the oyster mushroom is very fresh, tender, and tempting; added to its low price, it is truly an excellent item on ordinary people's dining tables. Benefits: Modern medicine holds that the oyster mushroom contains polysaccharides that resist tumor cells, has a strong inhibitory effect on tumor cells, and also has immune characteristics. In addition, the oyster mushroom also contains pleurotus toxin and mushroom ribonucleic acid, which pharmacology has proven to have antiviral effects and can inhibit the synthesis and proliferation of viral elements. The oyster mushroom contains a variety of nutrients as well as fungal sugars, mannitol sugar, hormones, etc., and can improve human metabolism, strengthen the physique, and regulate autonomic nerve function, so it can be used as a nutritional product for weak patients. It has therapeutic effects on hepatitis, chronic gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcers, osteomalacia, and high blood pressure, and also has a certain effect on lowering blood cholesterol and preventing and treating urethral stones, and can have a regulating effect on menopausal syndrome in women. The oyster mushroom also has the effect of dispelling wind and cold and relaxing muscles and activating collaterals. It can treat symptoms such as waist and leg pain, numbness of the hands and feet, and discomfort of the meridians.

Suitable for: Generally everyone can eat it. It is especially suitable for patients with digestive system diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer. People who are weak and menopausal women are also suitable to eat it.

Suitable amount: 100 grams each time.

Shiitake mushroom

Introduction: Shiitake mushroom is also called fungus and winter mushroom. Because it is delicious, has an inviting aroma, and is rich in nutrition, it not only ranks above the straw mushroom and oyster mushroom, but also has long been honored as the "queen of plants," and is one of the "mountain delicacies." The shiitake mushroom has the nutritional characteristics of high protein, low fat, polysaccharides, multiple amino acids, and multiple vitamins. Because the shiitake mushroom is rich in glutamic acid and in agaric acid, button mushroom acid, and goose acid, which are rare in ordinary foods, its flavor is especially delicious.

Benefits: The shiitake mushroom can play a role in lowering cholesterol and lowering blood pressure. Shiitake mushroom juice can completely replace antihypertensive agents, and has no side effects. The shiitake mushroom contains ergosterol, which is lacking in ordinary vegetables; it can be converted into vitamin D, promote the absorption of calcium in the body, and enhance the body's ability to resist disease. Eating more shiitake mushrooms is helpful for preventing diseases such as colds. For normal people, eating more shiitake mushrooms can play a cancer-preventing role, and for cancer patients, eating more shiitake mushrooms can inhibit the growth of tumor cells. For patients with thicker abdominal wall fat, eating more shiitake mushrooms has a certain weight-loss effect. The shiitake mushroom is sweet, neutral, and cool in nature and flavor, and has the effects of tonifying the liver and kidneys, strengthening the spleen and stomach, benefiting the intellect and calming the mind, and nourishing the complexion.

Suitable for: Suitable for everyone to eat.

Suitable amount: 4 to 8 mushrooms each time is enough.

Warm tip: Soaked shiitake mushrooms should be placed in the refrigerator for cold storage so as not to lose nutrients. Do not discard the water used to soak the shiitake mushrooms, as many nutrients are dissolved in the water. Do not eat fresh shiitake mushrooms that have grown especially large, because they are mostly fattened with hormones, and eating a large amount can have adverse effects on the body.

Straw mushroom

Introduction: The straw mushroom is also called the wrapped-foot mushroom and flower mushroom, and has the characteristics of crisp and tender flesh, delicious taste, and rich fragrance. It has long had the reputation of "put in one slice, fragrance fills the pot." Not long after the straw mushroom appeared, it began to be offered as tribute to the royal family as an imperial dish. It is said that Empress Dowager Cixi was "extremely fond" of it. China's straw mushroom export volume is relatively large, so internationally it is called the "Chinese mushroom."

Benefits: The protein content of the straw mushroom is several times higher than that of ordinary vegetables. It is internationally recognized as a "very good source of protein," and has the fine name of "meat among vegetables." It has the benefits of lowering cholesterol and improving the human body's anti-cancer effect. The straw mushroom has a high vitamin C content, can promote human metabolism, and improve the body's immunity. It has a detoxifying effect; for example, when lead, arsenic, and benzene enter the human body, it can combine with them to form ascorbic acid, which is excreted with urine. It can slow down the human body's absorption of carbohydrates and is a good food for diabetic patients. The straw mushroom can also promote digestion and dispel heat, nourish yin and strengthen yang, increase breast milk, prevent scurvy, promote wound healing, protect the liver and strengthen the stomach, and enhance human immunity. It is an excellent nutritional health-care food that serves as both food and medicine.

Suitable for: Everyone can eat it.

Suitable amount: 20 grams per meal. Warm tip: Suitable for making soup or plain stir-frying. Whether fresh or dried, it should not be soaked for too long.