Mushrooms – Lose Weight
January 7th, 2009
Good news for all you mushrooms lovers.
A new study published in the journal Appetite has found that eating mushrooms instead of meat is better for weight loss.
The study involved subjects eating a variety of typically meat based dishes made with beef or with mushrooms for one week.
On average they consumed 420 fewer calories eating mushroom based meals.
Mushrooms are equally as filling as meat but contain fewer calories.
January 7th, 2009 at 4:37 am
I LOVE mushrooms, especially when they’re fried up in a bit of butter with a hint of salt and pepper. That said, I’m surprised it took a study to determine that they are lower in calories than a nice T-bone.
And equally as filling? That’s just crazy talk! Mushrooms are only a step above parsley. They go on *top* of the real food! ;)
January 7th, 2009 at 4:49 am
Hi Sam :)
Mushrooms fried in butter, Yum! I can eat them all day every day but think they deserve more credit than garnish status ;)
Recent research found that eating low-energy density foods like mushrooms in place of high-energy density foods like lean ground beef is good for preventing or treating obesity.
Have you ever tried a big field mushroom? They can almost be as big as a t-bone I’ll have you know ;)
Thanks for commenting :)
January 7th, 2009 at 5:36 am
I wasn’t completely serious, Sally. ;)
I’ve never tried a big field mushroom, because I’m not well-versed in which ones make a good sautee versus which ones make a bad trip and/or will get you thrown in jail. I stick to the ones wrapped in cellophane with nice, corporate labels.
But I am serious about the research: we already knew that substituting low-cal foods for high-cal foods helps folks lose weight. I guess I’m missing the part where this study brought something new to the table. Heh.
January 7th, 2009 at 5:46 am
Hi Sam :)
I had a pretty fair idea you weren’t being serious ;)
You HAVE to track down field mushrooms! They are so tasty and just all round gorgeous.
I take your point regarding the research. Actually, I rarely post on latest research because most of the time I think it confuses more than clarifies.
Thanks again for commenting, I appreciate it!
January 15th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Wow! This is really good news to me. I like mushrooms a lot and trying for some weight loss. I will take more of them now. Thanks for the post. :)