With Reverence for Ray Peat PhD (1936 -2022)
Well-cooked white button mushrooms have many benefits for our wellbeing. Here we are focusing on their digestive support and superpowers.
If you've had any kind of digestive distress whether it is unpleasant smelling gas, constipation, irregular bowel movements or variations of these, you will become a believer in the magic of white button, well-cooked mushrooms as though they were concocted from some sort of exotic fungus.
The very real relief, freedom and even euphoria obtained from a complete bowl movement after years of being unaware of the degree of your constipation or very real current 'stuckness' rivals any altered state of mind because it has such far reaching physiological health benefits. You will become very pleased with your new levels of increased energy, mood and the seemingly magical absence of some health niggles (like aches and pains, acne, PMS, stiffness, headaches etc.).
Well-cooked mushrooms are also a powerhouse of vitamins and minerals as well as protein.
“Mushrooms have very high quality protein that is easily assimilated, in association with a good balance of other nutrients.” “The fungal sterol, lanosterol, which is very similar in structure to cholesterol…” (Ray Peat PhD).
“Well cooked button mushrooms contain an effective amount of aromatase inhibitors, and can improve digestion, and are very nutritious, similar to meat.” (Ray Peat PhD, 2015).
Well-cooked mushrooms offer antiseptic, antibiotic and antihistamine properties too.
“I’ve been experimenting with white button mushrooms (sautéed in butter and coconut oil) at bedtime, and they work almost like the antihistamines.”(Ray Peat PhD).
“Raw carrots, cooked bamboo shoots, and cooked mushrooms contain antibiotics that are safe to use everyday. Like tetracycline and the macrolide antibiotics, they (especially mushrooms) are also anti-inflammatory.” (Ray Peat PhD).
Well-cooked mushrooms can provide cancer protection via the effective amount of aromatase inhibitors they contain.
(1:10 min video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IOY4tq_bb4
Well-cooked mushrooms offer anti-inflammatory benefits.
"... intestinal fermentation increases systemic and brain serotonin, and the short-chain fatty acids can produce a variety of inflammatory and cytotoxic effect. Considering the longevity and stress-resistance of germ-free animals, choosing foods (such as raw carrots or cooked bamboo shoots or cooked mushrooms) which accelerate peristalsis and speed transit through the bowel, which suppressing bacterial growth, seems like a convenient approach to increasing longevity.”(Ray Peat PhD).
Added Health Tip: Leave your fresh organic mushrooms in the sun for as little as 10 minutes to increase their vitamin D levels.
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