Mushroom as a food

M O K Azad

Musroom is a one kind of edible fungus. It has dynamic action like as a food, medicine and tonic. But mind that some are very much toxic what we usually see growing naturally on the road side and fields. The climate and weather are very favourable for the cultivation of musroon. It is a palatable and salubrious vegetable. It can be eaten as fresh or dry with other vegetables. Powder musroom may be taken with tea or coffee. Nutritional values of musroom are very high. It has high caloric values as well. It has some medicinal values in preventing diabetes, obesity, jaundice, sexual inability, high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer, tumour, skin disease, allergy etc. So for getting healthy and disease free life we can consider taking musroom as a daily food. M O K Azad is a researcher at Andong National University, Andong city, South Korea.