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Article: Health-boosting mushrooms.(antioxidant ergothioneine in button mushrooms help lower cholesterol and prevent chronic diseases)(Brief Article)
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- The Saturday Evening Post
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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Common button mushrooms may help lower cholesterol and prevent chronic diseases, according to new research. Penn State food scientists, using a new assay for examining fungi, found mushrooms to be the highest source of the powerful antioxidant ergothioneine. Ergothioneine, present in many foods in smaller amounts, may help fight off chronic inflammatory diseases and, as one study suggests, may even protect cells from the destructive beta-amyloid plaques that ...