Nutrition of Hericium erinaceus

Hericium erinaceus, also known as monkey mushroom, hericium, monkey mushroom, is a traditional Chinese cuisine. It is one of the four famous dishes (Hericium, Bear's paw, bird's nest, shark's fin). The Hericium erinaceus has long since entered the people’s dietary life. “Instantaneous Marine Land and Foreign Matter”: “Everyone is a good animal.” Even though five meat fleas cannot reach it, the common saying goes: It would rather lose a thousand stalks of millet and refuse to take her head down.

Hericium as a food ingredient is a delicious dish. Hericium erinaceus has a furry burr on the surface of its umbrella, about 1 to 3 cm long. Its fruit bodies are round and thick, fresh and white, dry from light yellow to light brown, with a narrow base or slightly short handle, upper part. Inflated, diameter 3.5 to 10 cm, from afar looks like the golden monkey head, it is called "Hedgehog mushroom", but also like a hedgehog, it is also known as "Robinia pseudoacacia." In addition, many studies in modern medicine and pharmacology have summarized the medicinal efficacy of Hericium erinaceus polysaccharides for improving various physiological functions such as immunity, anti-tumor, anti-aging, and hypolipidemic effects.

Nutritional ingredients per 100 grams of Hericium erinaceus:

Heat (kcal) 13

Sodium (mg) 175.2

Phosphorus (mg) 37

Calcium (mg) 19

Iron (mg) 2.8

Zinc (mg) 0.4

Selenium (micrograms) 1.28

Potassium (mg) 8

Magnesium (mg) 5

Manganese (mg) 1.03

Niacin (mg) 0.2

Fat (g) 0.2

Vitamin C (mg) 4

Protein (g) 2

Carbohydrates (g) 4.9

Dietary fiber (g) 4.2

Vitamin E (mg) 0.46

Copper (mg) 0.06

Vitamin B2 (mg) 0.04

Vitamin B1 (mg) 0.01

Hericium erinaceus contains unsaturated fatty acids, which are beneficial to blood circulation, can reduce blood cholesterol levels, have the function of improving body immunity, can delay aging, and can inhibit the synthesis of genetic material in cancer cells, thereby preventing and treating digestive cancer and other malignant diseases. Tumors have a remarkable effect on gastric ulcers, duodenal ulcers, gastritis and other gastrointestinal diseases.

Hericium erinaceus is an excellent food with high protein, low fat, minerals and vitamins. It also contains unsaturated fatty acids. Eat more conducive to good health.

Hericium erinaceus is rich in dietary fiber, and regular consumption can reduce cholesterol in the blood and prevent atherosclerosis. It is effective in preventing cerebral hemorrhage, heart disease, obesity and diabetes.

Hericium erinaceus contains a variety of amino acids and abundant polysaccharides, which can help digestion, and its curative effect on gastritis, stomach cancer, esophageal cancer, gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer and other gastrointestinal diseases is remarkable.

In addition to the polysaccharides it contains, Hericium erinaceus also contains peptides and fatty substances that inhibit the synthesis of genetic material in cancer cells, thereby preventing and treating gastrointestinal cancers and other malignancies.

How to pick Hericium erinaceus

Hericium erinaceus has uniform heads, bright yellow color, tender tenderness, complete puncture, dryness without insects, and good quality without impurities. In appearance, Hericium erinaceus mycelium becomes white, slightly dark, and when the culture medium is not rich, it grows like a knot, with less aerial hyphae and weak wall climbing force.

1. Mushroom body: Hericium erinaceus mushroom body is complete, its shape is hericium, and it is oval or round, uniform in size, more slender hair, more perfect hair, dried mushrooms as the top grade; poor quality: mushroom body incomplete, The size of the mushroom body is uneven, the shape is irregular, and the hair is thick and long

2, color: Hericium was golden yellow or yellow with white is better; color is black and soft next, some fake and inferior products in order to whiten, with sulfur iodide or chemical treatment into abnormal white, this mushroom food Harmful to the human body, not optional.

3, good Hericium is not rotten, not mildew, no smell; where rotten, mildew, delirium, should not buy.