I know many fruits and vegetables are eaten because they contain many vitamins and minerals, however, mushrooms are fungi. Is there actually any nutritious value to eating mushrooms or is it only for taste? The same with lettuce, what is the nutritious value of eating lettuce?

fosse4

It would appear that different mushrooms contain different vitamins, minerals and proteins. One example site is http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/PPI/UnconventionalTherapies/MushroomTherapies.htm Sep 18 03, 5:07 PM

puklu

Mushrooms contain vitamins and proteins, lettuce leaves contain vitamin c or ascorbic acid. Sep 19 03, 4:28 AM

TheAlphaWolf

you can go to fungiperfecti.com for kits to grow mushrooms... here: fungiperfecti.com/kits/index.html it says: Nutritional Value of Mushrooms Many myths have been spread about mushrooms. One of the most inaccurate is that mushrooms have no nutritional value. To properly consider them for their nutritional benefits, they must be viewed from a dried weight perspective. And mushrooms give you maximum nutritional benefit only upon cooking. Mushrooms are relatively high in protein, averaging about 20% of their dried mass. Further they contribute a wide range of essential amino acids. Low in fat (between .3 and 2%) and high in fiber, mushrooms also provide several groups of vitamins, particularly thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, biotin, and ascorbic acid. Now that research is confirming that many of these species also stimulate the human immune systems, mushrooms are clearly becoming the gourmet health food of the 21st century. Sep 19 03, 11:18 AM