The benefits and harms of porcini mushrooms for the human body
Is there a health benefit in porcini mushrooms?
Despite the fact that mushrooms add variety to our menu, increasing the taste of other dishes, their nutritional value is low: they are poorly absorbed due to the large amount of fiber containing chitin, which itself is not digested, and makes it difficult for enzymes to access the nutrients contained into the chitinous shell.
Is there any benefit in porcini mushrooms depends on how much nitrogenous components are absorbed. The high content of extractive and aromatic substances in mushrooms enhances the excretion of digestive juices, exciting the secretory function of the gastric glands, mushroom broths cause a great sokogon effect. That is why mushroom dishes are not used in clinical nutrition. People suffering from acute and chronic gastrointestinal diseases, including pancreas, peptic ulcer, gastritis, kidney, liver diseases (cholecystitis, hepatitis, renal failure), metabolic disorders, mushrooms are contraindicated, they can not eat them.
It is not recommended to use mushroom broth for people suffering from hypertension, because of the large amount of extractives in it. But doctors allow mushroom broths (without mushrooms) with achilia (the absence of hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice), if there are no inflammatory phenomena in the stomach. You can eat mushrooms and mushroom soups for patients with diabetes. Mushroom dishes (boiled and fried) should be consumed only fresh. After standing for about 1-2 days, they become tasteless and even harmful to health. Mushrooms are food for healthy people. But it should be remembered that an excess of eaten mushrooms in healthy ones can disrupt the activity of the stomach and intestines. And if the mushrooms were old or poorly processed, then, even without being poisonous, they often cause poisoning.
Ceps are the most useful. Health benefits of porcini mushrooms: they have more protein than other forest mushrooms, but the content of vitamin PP in them is 2 times less than in honey mushrooms, and vitamin B2 is less than in boletus.
Mushrooms are useful for the prevention of diabetes.
They have a very low glycemic index - 10. This means that mushrooms do not sharply increase the level of glucose in the blood and do not overload the pancreas.Mushrooms help to lose weight. Because they are low-calorie - 17-25 kcal per 100 g. And also mushrooms are digested for a long time, due to which they create a feeling of satiety for a long time. Mushrooms should not be eaten for breakfast. Because it is quite heavy food, they are difficult to digest. In addition, mushrooms contain a lot of tryptophan, which has sleeping pills. It is healthier to eat mushrooms for lunch or dinner. Mushrooms improve the functioning of the nervous system. Mushrooms contain B vitamins, which are necessary for the normal nervous system. Mushroom consumption dilutes blood, lowers cholesterol, activates lymphocytes, and increases the production of alpha-interferon, tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and interleukins-1 and interleukins-2 by the immune system. These substances help the body resist cancerous tumors.
Dried porcini mushrooms: benefits and harms
The benefits and harms of dried porcini mushrooms are currently under active discussion. There is an opinion that they allow for the prevention of oncology. Eat mushrooms regularly with vegetables, and you will prevent cancer and strengthen the immune system. The only thing to eat raw or even fried mushroom is not enough - you need to "extract" the substances needed for prevention or treatment - mushroom polysaccharides. To do this, you need to cook soups from mushrooms and eat mushroom broths. In this case, polysaccharides from the mushroom wall - chitin - will be able to go into the broth and work for our immunity.
Studies by Australian scientists have shown that the risk of getting breast cancer in women is reduced by 64% for those who ate 10 g of mushrooms daily.
No need to look for great overseas rarities, our porcini mushroom has a depressing effect on malignant tumors, especially spruce. This has already been confirmed experimentally. The use of dried porcini mushrooms is that the powder from them retains almost all of its healing properties. It is useful to take 1 tsp. powder, washed down with water, 3 times a day 30-40 minutes before meals. Tincture of fresh hats (pour a full jar of vodka to the top, insist 3 weeks), you can drink 1 tsp. 3-4 times a day before meals in courses of 3 weeks, a break of 7 days. Outwardly, skin cancer, frostbite, burns can be treated.
Common healing properties of porcini mushrooms:
- antitumor effect through strengthening the mechanism of antitumor resistance of the body;
- directed activation of various immune actuators;
- increased NK cell activity, increased formation of cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs), activation of macrophages; increase in their life cycle;
- potentiation of various lymphokines (interleukin 1,2 and 6);
- increased synthesis of a-TNF (tumor necrosis factor);
- an increase in the production of interferon-a and an improvement in the action of interferon-y by 2–4 times;
- increased production of perforin and granzyme;
- restoration of reduced immunological reactivity, which is always observed with radiation and chemotherapy;
- counteracting the depressive effect of cytostatics on the number of white and red blood cells;
- with chemotherapy and radiation, relief of symptoms such as weakness, anorexia, vomiting, dry mouth, spontaneous sweating and pain;
- immunomodulation;
- analgesic effect;
- anti-inflammatory properties;
- hepatoprotective effect - improving the functional state of the liver, reducing enzymopathy.
