Why You Need To Try the Recipe From Yesterday

For those of you who tried or are planning to try the recipe from yesterday, there is a hidden incentive in it for you. 2007 brought about the study of mushrooms having beneficial effects in helping prevent breast cancer (actually research was funded in 2004 and continued into 2007). Yep, you heard that (okay, you read it). According to a study done by the Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Dr. Shiuan Chen has found that white button mushrooms have the potential to be a preventive measure against breast cancer.

How this works:
White button mushrooms produce a fatty acid (conjugated linoleic acid). This acid inhibits a chemical called aromatase, which is a protein that creates estrogen. Estrogen is a major factor in certain forms of breast cancer. Estrogen stimulates the development of breast cancer cells. The cancerous tumors show a very high amount of aromatase that generates estrogen. The white button mushroom's fatty acid is a well-know anticancer chemical. It suppresses the aromatase and therefore lessens the opportunity for estrogen to create the cancer.

To put it simply, buy consuming white button mushrooms, the stuff in the mushrooms cause breast cancer chemicals in the body to be reduced or become non-active - hence less likely hood of developing breast cancer.

So how many of these mushrooms would you have to eat to get the anticancer benefits? The research suggest 150 – 200 grams daily, which is about six ounces or more a day.


To read more about this, check out my source at the The California Breast Cancer Research Program.