We should be eating mushrooms several times a week according to the latest health news.
Reporting in the Journal of Food Chemistry indicates that white button mushrooms are potent anti-ageing foods because of their unusually high content of two antioxidants, ergothioneine and glutathione, that have been shown to preserve cellular health.
In the study it says all varieties from shiitake and cordyceps, to porcini and oyster mushrooms contain valuable nutrients when it comes to preventing biological ageing.
The report’s author recommends eating them several times a week!
