Mushroom diet

Fungi-based nutrition

Assorted edible mushrooms for sale at a market

Mushroom diet is an umbrella term for diets with significant amounts of mushrooms.

## Description

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A mushroom-only diet for humans is considered unrealistic due to insufficient calorie intake.[1][2] The term mushroom diet can mean:

* Higher mushroom consumption[3]
* Eating specific mushrooms on a regular basis
* Replacing all meat with mushrooms
* Replacing one meal a day with mushrooms for 2 weeks (a fad diet called M-plan diet)[4]

## Health benefits

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Higher mushroom consumption is associated with reduced breast cancer risk and reduction in mean blood pressure.[5][6]

## Criticism

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Dr. Joseph Schwarcz points out that many of the studies showing the health benefits of eating mushrooms have significant flaws. It is often not taken into account what other fruits or vegetables the subjects eat; some studies have been conducted only in Asia, where people have specific eating habits.[3]

The mushroom diet of M-plan diet type has been criticized as a fad diet not based on scientific data; the results of following it will depend mainly on other foods.[4]

## See also

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* Fungi portal
* Food portal

* List of diets
* Kombucha
* Medicinal fungi
* Mono diet
* Mushroom as food
* Mushroom tea
* Mushroom hunting
* Mycophagy

## References

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1. ^ "Mushrooms Not For Survival". Survival Resources. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
2. ^ Szary, Szymon (15 March 2015). "Fungi as staple food". Simon's Discoveries. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
3. ^ a b "Should We Be Eating More Mushrooms? Maybe". Office for Science and Society. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
4. ^ a b "What Is the M-Plan Diet?". Verywell Fit. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
5. ^ Ba, Djibril M; Ssentongo, Paddy; Beelman, Robert B; Muscat, Joshua; Gao, Xiang; Richie, John P (1 October 2021). "Higher Mushroom Consumption Is Associated with Lower Risk of Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies". Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.). pp. 1691–1704\. doi:10.1093/advances/nmab015. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
6. ^ Krittanawong, Chayakrit; Isath, Ameesh; Hahn, Joshua; Wang, Zhen; Fogg, Sonya E.; Bandyopadhyay, Dhrubajyoti; Jneid, Hani; Virani, Salim S.; Tang, W. H. Wilson (1 May 2021). "Mushroom Consumption and Cardiovascular Health: A Systematic Review". The American Journal of Medicine. pp. 637–642.e2. doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.10.035. Retrieved 20 September 2023.

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