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Is there any nutritional value in fungus?

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[ex-wing191.livejournal.com]

What inspires this question?

From people who SELL mushrooms:

[sherahi.livejournal.com]

Nutritional Value of Mushrooms
Many myths have been spread about mushrooms. One of the most inaccurate is that mushrooms have no nutritional value. To properly consider them for their nutritional benefits, they must be viewed from a dried weight perspective. And mushrooms give you maximum nutritional benefit only upon cooking. Mushrooms are relatively high in protein, averaging about 20% of their dried mass. Further they contribute a wide range of essential amino acids. Low in fat (between .3 and 2%) and high in fiber, mushrooms also provide several groups of vitamins, particularly thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, biotin, and ascorbic acid. Now that research is confirming that many of these species also stimulate the human immune systems, mushrooms are clearly becoming the gourmet health food of the 21st century.

[cynnerth.livejournal.com]

http://www.nutrition.cornell.edu/nutriquest/mushroom.html

They have lots of potassium, but that's just about it.

[cynnerth.livejournal.com]

...at least according to this site...

More stuff

[sherahi.livejournal.com]

You may also want to consult this list of papers about medicinal and nutritional value of various mushrooms...
http://www.franklinfarms.com/health/references_window.html

Mushroom Myths
Mushrooms have no nutritional value.
FACT - Mushrooms actually have a lot of nutritional value to add to your diet. By dry weight, they contain only 1 - 2 percent fat, and have about 50 percent carbohydrates, 30 percent protein, and 5 - 10 percent mineral content. These surprisingly high levels of proteins and minerals make mushrooms an incredible nutrient source. The minerals in particular that mushrooms offer are most important since mushrooms absorb essential minerals that are not found in plants or animals. Other nutrients are vitamins, such as vitamin C, which occur in high amounts in some species. Mushrooms also are being used medicinally to treat cancer and to strengthen weakened immune systems. Studies indicate that different organs and body systems are supported and healed from particular species of mushrooms.

Mushrooms are good for you raw.
FACT - Mushrooms are different from plants in this regard. Since mushroom cells are made out of chitin, a hard protein also found in the exoskeleton of bugs and shellfish, they are difficult to break down. If you eat a mushroom raw it serves your body only as fiber. The nutritional value will be kept inside the cell and pass through your system. If you cook mushrooms these cell walls are broken down and the nutritional value is released for your body to absorb. It is the opposite from plants whose cell walls are broken down in our bodies, and if plants are cooked some of the nutritional and vitamin content are broken down. Mushrooms need to be cooked to make the proteins, minerals, vitamins and other important carbohydrates digestible.

And don't forget this link on nutrition from the mushroom council!! :)

http://www.mushroomcouncil.com/nutrition/nutri.html

[banana.livejournal.com]

No idea, but they're lovely.

Slice. Fry in butter. Serve on toast. Herbs and/or black pepper as desired. Yum!

Re: From people who SELL mushrooms:

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

thanks.

(although I was hoping I wouldn't hear that they were particularly beneficial - yuck!)

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I'm not realy sure why it came to mind.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Well, I'll admit they don't smell as bad as cooked squid. (but close)

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah. I remembered that last weekend we found a big puffball in the woods. It was over a foot long. Someone said they were edible, and I wondered if (assuming they tasted good enough) it were worth it to eat it.

[seamusd.livejournal.com]

Not that I know of, but certain kinds of fungus have great *psychelogical* value, especially when taken in small amounts under relaxing conditions!

[ex-wing191.livejournal.com]

I'd be scared to eat a mushroom out in the wild like that.

Re: From people who SELL mushrooms:

[sherahi.livejournal.com]

Heh, I didn't realize they were rich in riboflavin and I didn't realize that you had to cook them to release those nutrients, so I'm happy I pursued that. I just thought they were for fiber and flavor...guess there is more to it than that.

[banana.livejournal.com]

You don't like mushrooms? Wow! I could live on them, although I don't know how long I'd survive.

Re: From people who SELL mushrooms:

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Flavor? Hahahaha! Oh. Sorry.

Re: From people who SELL mushrooms:

[sherahi.livejournal.com]

You need to try a truffle. Hell, I need to order a truffle and make a truffle omelet and try a fresh wonderful truffle. At some point I'll be doing that...Fall is suppose to be the season for some certain variety. I had it all researched on the net and everything but I forgot where I placed the files, ok ok...i'm actually too lazy to look. :)

It would be a fun adventure though, to try some truffles, eh?

Re: From people who SELL mushrooms:

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Adventure, yes. Fun? Hmmm. No.

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