The valuable qualities of fungi have been known since ancient times: they are mentioned in the writings of philosophers and historians of Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire, and their extraordinary taste qualities allowed them to be elevated to the rank of delicacies. But are they so good, and if there are vitamins in the mushrooms - read on.
Composition of mushrooms
Before talking about the vitamins contained in mushrooms, it is not superfluous to find out what other elements are in their composition, making them particularly valuable:
- mushrooms in its composition have a protein, which in its valuable qualities does not inferior to the animal protein. That is why, during posts, mushrooms are widely used in nutrition, maintaining the body at the proper energy level;
- in them there are also fats, but for the best of their assimilation at cooking of mushrooms recommend to add butter or sour cream;
- they contain carbohydrates, similar to vegetable, as well as fiber .
What vitamins are found in mushrooms?
Speaking about the benefits of this gift of nature, we also need to know what vitamins are contained in mushrooms.
- Of the "vitamin set" most of all in the fungi found vitamins of group B , in particular B1, B2, B3 and also their constant companion - vitamin PP. Together they are able to maintain the normal functioning of all systems of the human body.
- In the composition of fungi, vitamins A and C are found, although their number is small, but enough to help strengthen the human immune system.
- Talking about what vitamins in mushrooms are present, we can not fail to mention the remarkable vitamin D, the amount of which, by the way, in them is correlated with the presence of vitamin in cow's natural oil.
All this made the mushrooms irreplaceable during the Christian fasts. They saturate the body with strength and energy, strengthen its resistance to infections, while for us it is not so important what vitamins are contained, for example, in white mushrooms, and it is also remarkable that, in addition to excellent taste, they effectively fight intestinal infections.