{"id":49400,"date":"2020-08-31T17:19:17","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T17:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=49400"},"modified":"2023-06-28T10:39:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T10:39:03","slug":"sri-lankans-need-to-eat-more-mushrooms-by-dr-harold-gunatillake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/sri-lankans-need-to-eat-more-mushrooms-by-dr-harold-gunatillake\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lankans Need to Eat More Mushrooms-by Dr. Harold Gunatillake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sri Lankans Need to Eat More Mushrooms-by Dr. Harold Gunatillake<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77916\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Harold-Gunethilake.jpg\" alt=\"Harold-Gunethilake\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #ff00ff;\">Can mushrooms improve immunity, reduce heart disease, and even fight and reverse cancer, as believed?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">There are people in sri Lanka still believing that most edible mushrooms sold in the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">markets, could be poisonous and hesitate purchasing. Yes, there are thousands of <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">varieties of mushroom, naturally found and grown, and most of them are poisonous. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">Today, there are popular varieties of farm grown mushrooms available in the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">markets, and they are guaranteed to be safe for consumers. No cases of poisoning <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">or death have been reported in sri Lanka in the recent past, to our knowledge. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">Mushrooms are not vegetables though available in the vegetable markets, they <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">belong to the fungi kingdom, like penicillin discovered from the fungus penicillium <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">notatum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">Mushrooms have no attractive colours like the many colourful varieties of vegetables <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">containing the most vitamins and minerals, but though commonly white in colour <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">prove containing important nutrients, specifically focussed on boosting your immune <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">Mushrooms are low calorie, virtually have no fat, and they decrease the risk of <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">obesity and benefits heart health. They have hardly any soluble sugar and forms <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">worthy nutritious food for diabetics. Also, when eaten, you get a filling of fullness <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">and may curb your appetite.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">They are good for your complexion and hair.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Antioxidants and vitamins<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">Mushrooms are packed with antioxidants helping in your immune system and body <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">health.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">It has riboflavin (vit b2), vitamin b, including plenty of vitamin b12 same as found in <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">animal foods, niacin, pantothenic acid and mineral selenium and copper.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">Vegans must eat plenty of mushrooms to supply their vitamin b12 needs.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">Mushrooms also have vitamin d, the only non-animal food containing this \u2018sunshine <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">vitamin\u2019.<\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">Red reishi mushrooms (Ganoderma lucidum)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">Red reishi mushroom has been used traditionally for centuries by ancient cultures for <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">boosting immunity against diseases and for their other health benefits. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">In china red reishi is called lingzhi. It is a large mushroom and has been used in <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">daily hospital diets to build up immunity among cancer inpatients. It is also believed <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">that this mushroom keeps the liver and brain healthy. It is considered an antiinflammatory food and used mainly to cool the body and boost the immune system.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">It is believed to support mood, anxiety states and depression.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">Anti-cancer properties<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">Mushrooms have anti-cancer properties, supposed to inhibit growth of cancer cells. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">Folate in mushrooms plays an important role in DNA synthesis preventing the <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">formation of cancer cells.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">Wild poisonous mushroom in china forests were found to carry compounds helping <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">to kill cancer cells, according to a study published in the journal cancer research <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">A compound called verticillin a, found in these mushrooms, according to <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">immunologist dr kebin liu, in Georgia health science university cancer centre, is <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">found to have cancer sensitive properties, to \u201cself-destruct\u201d cancer cells.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Magic mushroom<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">Eating this mushroom is supposed to cause hallucinations, as it contains a chemical <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">called psilocybin<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">Clinical trials have shown that this may help ease the pain of feeling rejected among <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">once socially active individuals. Hallucinogenic psilocybin seems to help these people <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">to become socially active again.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">Psilocybin is supposed to work to reduce feelings of social rejection by stimulating <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">brain receptors for serotonin a brain chemical, referred to as the \u2018feel good hormone\u2019 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">commonly present in bananas and other fruits. Those who take this mushroom <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">experience a feeling and a sense of oneness with the universe and with others, a <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">feeling of transcending time, space, and other limitations, coupled with a sense of<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">holiness and sacredness.<\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">Shiitake mushroom (lentinula edodes)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">This is the most popular mushroom consumed by the Japanese. In most hospitals\u2019 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 20px;\">shiitake mushroom is included in their daily diet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">Shii in Japanese refers to the tree on which this mushroom grows and \u2018take\u2019 is the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">word used for mushrooms. Japanese venerate this mushroom and has been <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">traditionally eaten for centuries for its health benefits. In the us this mushroom is <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">grown in the forest farming in hardwood logs.<\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">Common button mushroom (agaricus bisporous)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">This is a common \u2018non-exotic\u2019 cheap mushroom available in sri Lankan in the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">marketplace, for the consumption of the average person. For the exotic ones, you <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">need to patronise the Colombo super-markets where foreigners visit.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">In America 900 million pounds of mushrooms consumed are mostly this cheap <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">variety, which includes regular white mushrooms (button, closed, open cup and <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">large flat) and the brown varieties crimini and portobello.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">These cheap mushrooms have been eaten by the humans since the times of the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">early hunter gatherers.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">Ancient Egyptians believed that these mushrooms could grant immortality and only <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">the pharaohs ate them, and the commoners were not allowed to touch them. It was <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">then referred to as the \u2018food for the gods.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">Today, these mushrooms are attracting the attention of the rich and the poor in <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">most countries, mainly due to medicinal properties. Jane Clarke nutritionist in a <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">recent report considers mushrooms as superfoods and summarises major scientific <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">studies from around the world that highlights the extraordinary nutritional values <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">and their health benefits.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">Eating mushrooms of any kind will enhance your immune system, reduce <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">inflammation, and that would be our conclusions.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">So why wait, after reading this article you will visit the closest market shop and buy <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">adequate mushrooms, to add into frying foods, soups, omelettes, you name it.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">Hope you enjoyed reading this article.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">About the author: Dr Gunatillake-Health editor is a member of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. Member of the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Australian Association of Cosmetic Surgery. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (UK), Corresponding Fellow of the American <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, Member of the International Societies of Cosmetic surgery, Fellow of the International College of Surgery <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">(US), Australian diplomat for the International Society of Plastic, Aesthetic &amp; Reconstructive Surgery, Board member of the International <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Society of Aesthetic Surgery, Member of the American Academy of Aesthetic &amp; Restorative Surgery, Life Member of the College of <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Surgeons, Sri Lanka, Batchelor of Medicine &amp; Surgery (Cey). 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