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Mushrooms for Health

Healthy Benefits of This Tasty Fungus

A new Agricultural Research Service study reports that mushrooms may play an important role in maintaining health. Researchers found that white button mushrooms may promote immune function by increasing production of antiviral and other proteins that are released by cells seeking to protect and repair tissue.


Source: United States Department of Agriculture

This article appears in the January 2011 issue of Natural Awakenings

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