Mushrooms have always been something I enjoy, from cutting up small ones for salads to roasting giant portabellos on the grill with a salt-free teriyaki sauce for flavoring.
So it’s nice to know they have lots of healthful properties, as this slide show from WedMd.com shows.
“If you’re looking for an all-natural multivitamin, skip the supplement aisle and pick up some mushrooms,” WebMD says. “Among their many nutrients: B vitamins — including pantothenic acid (B5), niacin (B3), and riboflavin (B2) — plus copper and selenium. Mushrooms also have protein, fiber, potassium, vitamin D, calcium, and more.
“Mushrooms may do a lot more for your health than fuel your body. They have antibacterial properties. They can help lower cholesterol. They’re good for your immune system. They may even help prevent or treat Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, high blood pressure, and cancer,” the slide show goes on to state. Wow. I tend to be doubtful about such superfood claims, there’s still so much about nutrition and our bodies that science hasn’t figured out, after all.
But better to eat something on the good list these days than the bad. So add mushrooms to your Easter salad, or low-fat turkey gravy if you’re having turkey. Put them in your home-made low-salt tomato sauce if you;re having pasta as a side as we will be doing.
Check my recipe for mushrooms as part of veggies grilled outside, grilling season is almost upon us!
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