Pasinei nekukakavadzana uye maonero asina kujeka munzanga, howa hwave huchishandiswa kwezviuru zvemakore sezvokudya uye kurapa. Dzimwe nguva vanorongedzerwa zvisizvo semuriwo kana chirimwa, asi muchokwadi uhu humambo hwakasiyana - fungi. Kunyange zvazvo kune marudzi gumi nemana ehowa munzvimbo iyi, 14 chete ndihwo hunodyiwa, hunenge hutatu hunozivikanwa nemishonga, uye husingasviki 000% hunoonekwa sehuhuhu. Vanhu vazhinji vanofarira kwazvo kufamba musango vachitsvaga howa, asi zvakakosha kuti ukwanise kusiyanisa howa hunodyiwa kubva kune hune chepfu. VanaFarao vaiona howa sechinhu chinonaka, uye vaGiriki vaidavira kuti howa hunopa simba kuvarwi. Ukuwo, vaRoma vaigamuchira howa sechipo chaibva kuna Mwari uye vaingohubika panguva dzinokosha, nepo kumaChina, howa hwacho huri chikafu chine utano. Nhasi, howa hunokosheswa nokuda kwekuravira kwahwo kwakasiyana uye magadzirirwo. Vanogona kupa ndiro inonaka, kana kunyura mukuravira kwezvimwe zvinhu. Sezvo mutemo, kunhuhwirira kwehowa kunowedzera panguva yekubika, uye chimiro chinomira zvakanaka nzira huru dzekupisa kupisa, kusanganisira frying uye stewing. Howa i3-000% mvura uye ine macalorie mashoma (700 cal/1 g), sodium nemafuta. Idzo inzvimbo yakanaka kwazvo ye potassium, mineral inobatsira kuderedza BP uye kuderedza njodzi yesitiroko. Imwe yepakati portabella mushroom ine potasium yakawanda kupfuura bhanana kana girazi remuto weorenji. Imwe kushumirwa kwehowa ndeye 80-90% yezvinodiwa zvezuva nezuva zvemhangura, iyo ine cardioprotective properties.
Howa ane hupfumi hwakawanda hwe riboflavin, niacin uye selenium. Selenium is antioxidant iyo, pamwe chete nevhitamini E, inodzivirira masero kubva pakukuvadza kwemahara radicals. Huchi hwemurume. vashandi vakadya madosi maviri anokurudzirwa ezuva nezuva eselenium vakaderedza njodzi yekenza yeprostate ne65%. The Baltimore Aging Study yakawana kuti varume vane ropa rakaderera re selenium vaiva 4 kusvika ku5 nguva yakawanda yekuita kenza yeprostate kupfuura avo vane mazinga akakwirira e selenium.
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