Efficacy and function of mushrooms and eating taboos

advantage

1. Increase appetite

　　 Mushrooms have a unique fragrance, especially after special cooking, the taste is even stronger. It is very suitable for patients with poor appetite. Appropriate consumption in daily life can increase appetite.

　　 2. Laxative detoxification

Mushrooms contain a lot of crude fiber, semi-fiber, lignin and other gastrointestinal substances that are difficult to digest. After eating, they can not only absorb a lot of water and swell, increase the humidity of food residues, but also stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis, and have a laxative effect. It is very suitable for intestinal patients such as constipation.

　　 3. Sedation and analgesia

　　 Mushrooms contain analgesic and calming ingredients. Many medicines use fungi as raw materials. Many mushrooms contain this effective ingredient. Edible mushrooms also have a certain calming effect, and its effect can even replace morphine.

　　 4. Relieve cough and resolve phlegm

　　 Some of the mushrooms contain active substances for relieving cough and reducing phlegm. Among them, Ganoderma lucidum and shiitake mushrooms have the best effect. In fact, most of the edible mushrooms have a cough relieving effect, and eating some mushrooms when coughing can help.

　　 5. Improve immunity

　　 Mushrooms contain extremely high protein content and many active amino acids, especially some essential amino acids that cannot be synthesized by the human body. After eating, they can promote the synthesis of proteins in the body, especially the synthesis of synthetic immune proteins, which can enhance immunity.

　　 6. Calcium supplement

Although vitamin D is one of the vitamins that the human body can synthesize, many people are relatively deficient in vitamin D due to long time in the ward or indoors and insufficient sunlight. Many mushrooms contain vitamin D, which can be supplemented by eating mushrooms. , Promote calcium absorption.

　　 7. Lose weight

　　 The calorie content in mushrooms is extremely low. 100g of mushrooms contains about 20 calories of heat energy, which is a low-energy food, and the protein content in mushrooms is very high, which is very suitable for people who lose weight.

The place to pay attention

1. People who are allergic to mushrooms should not eat it. Mushrooms may also become allergens. If you are allergic to mushrooms, eating mushrooms may cause skin redness and swelling, frequent diarrhea, indigestion, headache, sore throat, asthma and other allergic symptoms. Therefore, such people should avoid eating mushrooms. .

　　2. Mushrooms are slippery and should not be eaten by those with diarrhea. People suffering from gastrointestinal diseases and liver and kidney failure should not eat mushrooms frequently, because mushrooms contain a substance called chitin, which hinders gastrointestinal digestion and absorption.

　　3. Don't eat the mushrooms picked from the wild to avoid poisoning by eating poisonous wild mushrooms.

　　4. Mushrooms contain sodium glutamate. When cooking mushrooms, do not add it in a hot pot, but add it when the dishes are about to come out of the pot. Because sodium glutamate becomes sodium pyroglutamate when the temperature is higher than 120°C, it is harmful to the human body after eating, and it is difficult to be excreted from the body.

　　 5. It is not advisable to add MSG and chicken essence when cooking mushrooms. These are all freshness enhancers, and foods such as mushrooms contain umami ingredients. The sodium glutamate contained in mushrooms also has a salty taste. If MSG is added to cooking food, salt should be added less.