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What is a mushroom made of?

7/12/2010

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Most foods can be categorized by their nutritional elements.  For example, beef is mostly protein, an apple is mostly sugar and cellulose (as are most vegetables), and a cashew is mostly fat.

What the hell are mushrooms?  They have essentially no nutritional value, except as fiber.  The do not photosynthesize, so it seems unlikely that they could be composed of cellulose (the most common dietary fiber), since it is a carbohydrate.

They taste meaty, so maybe they are protein?

Nope.  They are less than 2% protein. (3g of 156g per serving.)

At least they have a high "fullness factor," so they are a good for you in the sense that eating lots of them should enable weight loss.
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Anon
7/12/2010 05:55:05 am

wow you must really be bored... but interesting non the less

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