Benefits of Eating Mushrooms

Chris Healthy Food, Nutrition and Health, Tips and Advice, Videos April 15, 2021September 14, 2021inflammation, mushrooms, Nutrition Facts

Health Benefits of Mushrooms

The humble mushroom has long been grown for cooking and in recent times used to add flavour to a variety of cuisine dishes.

Mushrooms are widely used by chefs to add flavour and depth to meals. Chefs recognise its flavoursome qualities, and it is regarded as an essential element, enhancing many and varied cuisine dishes.

There are millions of mushrooms produced around the world. There are thousands of edible mushrooms, but only about 100 are cultivated commercially. Mushrooms are basically a fungus and are mostly grown in the dark.

Premier Protein Shakes

essential nutrients — **Twenty-four Vitamins and Minerals to support a healthy immune system**

The Benefits of Eating Mushrooms

1 Antioxidant Benefits

Mushrooms help protect against free radicals that may invade the body and cause harm, such as cancer and heart disease.

Mushrooms have heart health benefits as they are low in calories, fat, and cholesterol, making them an excellent red meat substitute in many salads and pasta dishes. They are a good source of minerals, as well as fibre and vitamins.

2 Benefits to the Immune System

We would all like to strengthen our immune system, especially since the threat of Covid-19 infection now exists around the world. There are many products that promise to boost the immune system.

There are millions of people with autoimmune diseases or inflammatory diseases and allergies. And there are also many people whose immune systems may be a bit too active. But having an overactive immune system is not all bad. Your immune system maybe in overdrive and attacking all sorts of things such as tree pollen, but that heightened state of alert may also cause some budding tumours in the body.

Therefore, we want to boost the parts of the immune system that fight infection whilst downgrading the parts that may cause inflammation… and mushrooms might just fit the bill. Making mushrooms a part of your regular diet has been shown to not only boost the immune system, but mushrooms can also reduce inflammation.

This video explains how mushrooms can boost immunity while reducing inflammation...

More benefits of eating mushrooms

How to Read Nutrition Facts Labels

Chris Healthy Food, Nutrition and Health, Nutrition Facts, Videos January 2, 2021September 14, 2021Nutrition Facts, Nutrition Labels

Reading Nutrition Labels on Food Packages

You can find nutrition information on the labels of food containers. This is important dietary information when selecting foods to cook for a well-balanced meal. It is particularly necessary, when planning a diet for diabetics, growing children, elderly people, and those on a paleo diet or a keto diet plan, to have the correct calorie intake.

When eating out at fast food restaurants, it’s also important to look, for example, at the McDonalds nutrition facts or KFC nutrition information. This will help to ensure that you do not exceed the recommended daily intake of sugar, fats and calories.

Reading food labels can be scary… and confusing.

Here are ten tips to help you…

10 Tips for Reading a Food Label

Tip #1 Our food is fuel for the body.

The body burns food as you go about your day.

Tip#2 Food provides energy for your daily activies.

The more active you are, the more calories you burn.

Tip #3 Know how much is in one serving.

To know how much energy food contains, you must know the serving size. This can be determined using a measuring cup.

Tip #4 The calories listed are per serving.

The calorie listing is important because it tells you how much energy you get from one serving of food.

Since the calories listed on the label are per serving, if you have multiple servings you have to multiply the number of calories by the number of servings.

This will give you the total calories that you have eaten. For example, 232 calories times 10 servings equals 2320 which is the total calories eaten.

There are three types of foods that provide energy… fats, carbohydrates and protein. If you add all these ingredients together you can calculate the total calories.

Tip #5 Know the type of calories that you are eating.

Tip #6 How fatty is your fuel?

Fats are the most concentrated foods which means that a large number of calories are present in a small amount of fat. Make sure you eat healthy fats like fish and nuts.

But remember a very little bit of fat burns for a long time and contains lots of energy.

Tip #7 Sugar is too sweet.

Carbohydrates are foods that are broken down by the body. If you are running a race that requires a lot of energy then carbohydrates are a good choice. However, if not burned right away, carbohydrates are stored almost immediately.

Excess carbohydrates have been tied to many health problems.

Tip #8 Premium-fuel food for the body has a lot of protein.

Protein is the third and final ingredient in food that provides us with calories. Protein provides good energy levels, keeps your weight steady and helps the body to repair itself.