Are mushrooms a good food for preventing liver cancer? Detailed description of the efficacy and role of mushrooms in preventing liver cancer

Mushrooms are not only delicious, but also have many benefits for human health. Mushrooms contain a lot of inorganic substances, vitamins, proteins and other ingredients. They contain more cellulose than any other plant, which can prevent constipation and reduce the cholesterol content in the blood. At the same time, mushrooms are also considered to be a good food for preventing liver cancer. However, some people think that mushrooms cannot prevent liver cancer, on the contrary, they are bad for the liver. Are mushrooms a good food for effectively preventing liver cancer? In fact, good quality mushrooms are good for the liver. If mushrooms are contaminated by heavy metals, they are certainly not good for the liver.

Mushrooms contain the "king of cancer prevention" - selenium, which protects the overburdened liver

Scientists call selenium the "king of cancer prevention" among trace elements in the human body because selenium can form antioxidant enzymes in the body, which protect cell membranes from oxidative damage and maintain their permeability. In addition, selenium-p protein has the function of chelating heavy metals and other poisons, reducing their toxic effects.

Scientific research has found that the level of blood selenium is closely related to the occurrence of cancer. A large amount of survey data shows that the level of selenium in food and soil in a region is directly related to the incidence of cancer. For example, if the selenium content in food and soil in a region is high, the incidence and mortality of cancer will be low. On the contrary, if the selenium content in food and soil in a region is low, the incidence and mortality of cancer will be high. Selenium is closely related to the occurrence of cancer.

Mushrooms are a good source of selenium. They contain a high amount of selenium and are easily absorbed by the human body, so you should eat more of them. Especially for people who like to drink, mushrooms can help you stay away from liver disease.

Especially for business people who are constantly socializing, they often have to drink and chat for work purposes. Don’t forget to eat more delicious mushrooms, which can protect the overburdened liver.

But contaminated mushrooms are rich in heavy metals, which is not good for protecting the liver.

Although mushrooms are good, they have a very important characteristic, which is that they have a strong ability to accumulate heavy metals, up to more than 100 times. Almost all heavy metals, such as lead, mercury, and nickel, can be accumulated in mushrooms.

In 2007, a study investigated the heavy metal content of edible fungi in Beibei, Chongqing. The area is both an important industrial base and an edible fungi production base. The researchers analyzed the heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic in the oyster mushrooms, coprinus comatus, enoki mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms and straw mushrooms produced in the area and found that straw mushrooms have the strongest ability to accumulate heavy metals. All straw mushroom samples were found to have excessive mercury, one-third of straw mushroom samples had excessive lead; 14% of coprinus comatus samples had excessive mercury; 4% of shiitake mushroom samples had excessive lead; and 29% of shiitake mushroom samples had excessive mercury and lead.

In fact, mushrooms are not "afraid" of heavy metals during their growth process. However, in a polluted environment, there are often large amounts of heavy metals, so mushrooms "accidentally" eat these heavy metals into their stomachs, and the heavy metals accumulate more and more.

Some farmers do not understand the environmental situation and use silt to cultivate mushrooms. Although there are many nutrients in silt, if the heavy metal content in natural water bodies such as rivers is too high due to sewage discharge, using it to grow mushrooms may cause the heavy metal content in the mushrooms to exceed the standard.

If the culture medium is not contaminated, our favorite mushrooms are still good food. The human body has the ability to metabolize heavy metals, but if the intake of toxic heavy metals exceeds the dosage for a long time, it may indeed cause harm. This requires our quality monitoring department to keep a close eye on it and prevent contaminated mushrooms from entering the market.