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  • Study Finds Mushrooms May Have ‘Fountain Of Youth’ Benefits

    11/13/2017 10:47:00 AM PST · by Red Badger · 56 replies
    www.studyfinds.org ^ | 11/13/2017 | by Daniel Steingold
    STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Mushrooms may make our favorite pizza and pasta dishes taste delightfully better, but it turns out they may help keep our brains and hearts younger too. A new study finds that some of our favorite toadstools may have high concentrations of antioxidants with anti-aging benefits. Researchers at Penn State analyzed the chemical composition of a wide variety of types of mushrooms, finding that many contained high levels of ergothioneine and glutathione, both of which are important antioxidants. “What we found is that, without a doubt, mushrooms are highest dietary source of these two antioxidants taken together,...