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5 health benefits of mushrooms

Whatever your favourite—crimini, enoki, oyster, portobello, shiitake or white button—all mushrooms are loaded with essential nutrients

By Margaret Nearing

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Best Health Magazine, March/April 2011

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Many varieties of mushrooms contain good-for-your-bladder selenium and, like us, they produce vitamin D when exposed to sunlight. Oyster mushrooms are a good source or iron. Plus, they're low in calories: Six medium white, for example, have just 22. Here are some of the many health benefits of mushrooms.

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4 Comments

Darrell commented that you should be carful where your mushrooms come from, but did not comment what areas we should be concered about. What sources should we make sure our mushrooms don't come from?

Submitted by raquel on Wed, 2013-02-06 4:34pm.

okay im doing a paper for school and i have to have a certain amount of health benefits and i cant find any at all can some1 help me please!!!???

Submitted by shady on Tue, 2012-01-31 4:01pm.

I only purchase locally grown fresh mushrooms
The fresh one's are so much better tasting and better for you.
I will never buy an imported canned variety from Asia,or any other food products for that matter.
Our agricultural practices and food testing is the best in the world and we need to source Canadian food products as much as possible to ensure our high standards are continued to be met.

Submitted by Matt Brenner on Thu, 2011-04-07 8:54am.

Mushrooms concentrate heavy metals so be cautious about where they come from and quantities consumed.

Submitted by Darrell on Wed, 2011-03-30 9:02pm.