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KEEP FIT AND DIET
The mushroom is ideally suited for weight control because it is low in fat, low in kilojoules and low in energy density. That makes mushrooms suitable for everyone, including those who have heart disease or diabetes. A single serve of mushrooms (100g or three button mushrooms) has only 103 KJs (25 Calories).
Mushrooms also seem to make you eat less food too. In 2008, Dr Cheskin from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, revealed that substituting meat with button mushrooms increased the satiety (feeling of fullness) of the meal. Although the mushroom meal was about 100 calories (420 KJs) less than the meat meal, consumers actually ate 379 fewer calories (1590 KJs) a day over four days. This suggests that mushrooms have a powerful ability to make a meal more filling.
It is also thought that the rich savoury flavour of the mushroom improves the palatability of low-fat dishes and helps to quickly satisfy our appetite.
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