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Eat more mushrooms



A stir-fry of Quorn, green pepper, mushrooms, and broccoil

Several articles have appeared recently about the benefits of eating mushrooms at least twice a week. Something in the mushrooms apparently wards off cognitive impairment in older people.

Here are two of the articles:

Science Daily: Eating mushrooms may reduce the risk of cognitive decline

New York Times: Mushrooms may reduce the risk of memory problems

Of course you can eat them raw, but I don’t know of any better way to cook mushrooms than to stir-fry them. I’m pretty sure that I can stir-fry mushrooms in a hot wok with less oil than a skillet would need. They’re browned on the outside but succulent on the inside.

These days, “baby bella” portabella mushrooms, as opposed to the white mushrooms, seem to be available just about everywhere, nice and fresh. The price is good, too.

It appears that the beneficial substance in mushrooms is ergothioneine, an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory.

2 Comments

  1. frigast wrote:

    You know, you can grow them yourself.
    Buy some mycelium – and find some horse manure/dung 🙂

    Sunday, March 24, 2019 at 7:18 am | Permalink
  2. Henry wrote:

    Yum…with Teriyaki sauce

    Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 5:46 pm | Permalink

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