Oyster mushrooms are large mushrooms from the oyster mushroom family. Young mushrooms are dark gray or brownish in color and convex caps with curled edges, and late mushrooms are dark ashy with a purple tint, with a flat cap with wavy edges. Their taste can be compared with porcini mushrooms, in addition, oyster mushrooms have many healing properties.
The benefits of oyster mushrooms
Oyster mushrooms contain all the nutrients necessary for the human body. This mushroom is very close to vegetables in the content of amino acids and proteins and surpasses vegetable crops in the amount of carbohydrates and fats. Oyster mushrooms contain a large amount of trace elements and vitamins, they contain enzymes that accelerate the breakdown of fats. The mushrooms contain useful fiber, which normalizes the activity of the intestinal microflora, helps to remove toxins from the body and reduce cholesterol levels.
Mineral substances contained in oyster mushrooms regulate the body's metabolism. Oyster mushrooms are also recommended for people with cholelithiasis.
The healing properties of oyster mushrooms
Regular consumption of oyster mushrooms in food contributes to the removal of radioactive substances from the body and is the prevention of cancer. In world medicine, preparations based on this mushroom are used for the prevention and treatment of cancer, allergies and other diseases.
The mushrooms contain an antibiotic called plurotin, which has strong anticancer and antibacterial properties. Oyster mushrooms have an antiviral effect, and due to the high content of polysaccharides, they increase immunity.
These mushrooms must be included in the diet in the presence of diseases that have appeared due to a decrease in the body's immunity, for example, in some skin diseases, diseases resulting from radiation. Polysaccharides chitin and beckons absorb toxic substances and remove them from the body - this property of oyster mushrooms is very important for radiation and chemotherapy during the treatment of cancer.
How oyster mushrooms are prepared and stored
Oyster mushrooms contain chitin, which is not absorbed by the body, but it is destroyed during heat treatment. To prevent oyster mushrooms from harming the body, they need to be finely chopped and cooked at a high temperature. Mushrooms can be boiled, fried or stewed, added to soups.
It is better to eat only young oyster mushrooms, as old mushrooms are tough and tasteless.
Oyster mushrooms spoil quickly. Therefore, when buying, choose clean, undamaged mushrooms. Smell them. If oyster mushrooms smell harsh and unpleasant, they have deteriorated, you cannot eat them. The fresh product has a subtle mushroom aroma.
It is better to store purchased oyster mushrooms in the refrigerator by transferring them from a plastic bag to a plastic or glass container. Fresh mushrooms in the refrigerator can be stored for no more than a week, frozen oyster mushrooms can be stored in the freezer for up to a year.
