“Not just poisonous ones.” Doctor Myasnikov forbade eating mushrooms in principle – and here's why – Nutrition

Over hundreds of years of evolution, humanity has learned to eat mushrooms in a variety of forms – salted, dried, fried, stewed. There are thousands of recipes with mushrooms themselves. But many of them need to be avoided, says TV doctor Alexander Myasnikov, Sports.kz reports with reference to Edimdoma.ru.

“Not only poisonous ones: Dr. Myasnikov forbade eating mushrooms in principle – and here’s why,” reads the title of an article on the Edimdoma.ru website.

The TV presenter admitted that he himself is an avid mushroom picker. He loves spending time in the forest and is quite knowledgeable about mushrooms. For many years, the doctor was confident that they were beneficial to the body. But this is another myth.

According to the expert, mushrooms contain only 3% protein. There are very few vitamins, and during heat treatment they are completely destroyed. The human body cannot assimilate everything else…