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posted by chromas on Monday March 25 2019, @01:31PM   Printer-friendly
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Eating mushrooms may reduce the risk of cognitive decline

A team [...] has found that seniors who consume more than two standard portions of mushrooms weekly may have 50 per cent reduced odds of having mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

A portion was defined as three quarters of a cup of cooked mushrooms with an average weight of around 150 grams. Two portions would be equivalent to approximately half a plate. While the portion sizes act as a guideline, it was shown that even one small portion of mushrooms a week may still be beneficial to reduce chances of MCI.

[...] The six-year study, which was conducted from 2011 to 2017, collected data from more than 600 Chinese seniors over the age of 60 living in Singapore. The research was carried out with support from the Life Sciences Institute and the Mind Science Centre at NUS, as well as the Singapore Ministry of Health's National Medical Research Council. The results were published online[$] in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease on 12 March 2019.

The researchers believe the reason for the reduced prevalence of MCI in mushroom eaters may be down to a specific compound found in almost all varieties. "We're very interested in a compound called ergothioneine (ET)," said Dr Irwin Cheah, Senior Research Fellow at the NUS Department of Biochemistry. "ET is a unique antioxidant and anti-inflammatory which humans are unable to synthesise on their own. But it can be obtained from dietary sources, one of the main ones being mushrooms."


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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Monday March 25 2019, @01:50PM (11 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 25 2019, @01:50PM (#819499) Journal

    Eating Mushrooms May Reduce the Risk of Cognitive Decline

    I think I'll take Cognitive Decline thank you.

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    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday March 25 2019, @02:11PM (6 children)

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 25 2019, @02:11PM (#819510) Journal

      Mushrooms are good. I eat them just because I like them. But - it seems stupid to start eating a bunch of them because some team found some kind of correlation between mushrooms and senility. One of those Ten Commandments etched into stone was Correlation ≠ Causation.

      • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Hartree on Monday March 25 2019, @02:19PM (3 children)

        by Hartree (195) on Monday March 25 2019, @02:19PM (#819515)

        It's a good rationalization if you were wanting to do it anyway. Sorta like how I often say my coffee drinking is strictly for the health benefits.

        Now I can say the same for my liking fried mushrooms and mushroom gravy. :)

        • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Thexalon on Monday March 25 2019, @02:44PM

          by Thexalon (636) on Monday March 25 2019, @02:44PM (#819533)

          Forget coffee: There have been a bunch of studies extolling the health benefits of beer and wine. Yeah, that's why I drink them.

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        • (Score: 2) by HiThere on Monday March 25 2019, @04:13PM (1 child)

          by HiThere (866) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 25 2019, @04:13PM (#819598) Journal

          I think you've got to go for steamed mushrooms to get the benefit...though I'm sure the ADC (American Dairy Council) would recommend butter fried.

          OTOH, I more frequently have fresh mushrooms in salad, and the summary didn't mention those.

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          • (Score: 2) by Hartree on Tuesday March 26 2019, @03:31AM

            by Hartree (195) on Tuesday March 26 2019, @03:31AM (#819896)

            I often get mushrooms if I hit a salad bar. And, I like steamed ones too, so all is good. :)

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @02:25PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @02:25PM (#819519)

        They still can't decide if the rules were written on two tablets or on one tablet and copied to the other. If they can't even get that right... ?

    • (Score: 3, Touché) by TheFool on Monday March 25 2019, @02:34PM (2 children)

      by TheFool (7105) on Monday March 25 2019, @02:34PM (#819525)

      Maybe it's a correlation study, rather than causation? It might be that those who don't like mushrooms are already in cognitive decline :)

      • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday March 25 2019, @03:19PM (1 child)

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 25 2019, @03:19PM (#819556) Journal

        +1 touche = +1 ishouldhavethoughtofthat

        • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday March 25 2019, @09:50PM

          by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 25 2019, @09:50PM (#819759) Journal

          1 ishouldhavethoughtofthat

          Is just because... you don't like mushrooms, isn't it?

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    • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @02:52PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @02:52PM (#819538)

      I'll take your share of Psylocibin.

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Monday March 25 2019, @05:58PM

    by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us (6553) on Monday March 25 2019, @05:58PM (#819651) Journal

    How do you think Mario keeps on functioning after repeated cranial trauma to brick walls and metal mystery boxes? It's the 'shrooms, man!

    For your retro Dad joke of the day I heard Bill Clinton ate them, but didn't swallow.

    Off to go put some mushrooms on my sphaghetti and meatball lunch. They're magic!

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by ilsa on Monday March 25 2019, @07:20PM (2 children)

    by ilsa (6082) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 25 2019, @07:20PM (#819693)

    I've seen shrooms dried, but I didn't know you could cook them. I though cooking would break down the active ingredients.

    I wonder what the flavour would be like...

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @10:44PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @10:44PM (#819778)

      Still tastes like shit. I've seen people make soup out of them.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 26 2019, @10:40PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 26 2019, @10:40PM (#820383)

        Tastes more like snails mixed with dirt minus the sand with earthworm thrown in for flavor

        Don't ask me how I know this.

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