Nutrition: Mushrooms (Super-food)
Monday, October 4, 2010 at 18:40
Darryl Edwards in Health, Nutrition, Superfood
Mushroom - 60 second nutrition bites
- Not a well known fact but mushrooms have very high level of antioxidants, which can protect against free-radical induced diseases such as cancer, neurodegenerative disorders and premature ageing.
- Mushrooms contain virtually no fat, sugar or salt;
- Mushrooms are a healthy source of dietary fibre;
- Mushrooms are a valuable source of Vitamin B;
- Mushrooms contain the essential minerals selenium, copper, potassium, phosphorous and iron;
- Mushrooms are one of the few sources of the antioxidant L-ergothioneine which research states has anti-ageing properties being great for the skin.
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