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Mushrooms

06/21/2017 / By Earl Garcia

Mushrooms – sources, health benefits, nutrients, uses and constituents at NaturalPedia.com

While often considered and prepared like vegetables, mushrooms are categorized as fungi due to their lack of roots, leaves, flowers, or seeds. According to an article in WHFoods.com, it remains unclear when mushroom cultivation first took place. However, the article discussed that mushroom cultivation might have originated in Asia, specifically in China, India and Japan. List of known nutrients […]

05/28/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Doctors say putting mushrooms in the MICROWAVE increases availability of antioxidants (seriously?)

A recent study conducted in Spain and published in the International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, examined different cooking methods to determine how best to preserve the nutrients in mushrooms. Surprisingly, the researchers suggested that microwaving mushrooms was one of the best options for maximizing nutrition. Let’s take a look at how they reached […]

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