{"id":15572,"date":"2024-03-21T17:11:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T15:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/?p=15572"},"modified":"2024-04-08T19:54:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T17:54:07","slug":"delicious-samfa-recipes-to-try-to-improve-your-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/delicious-samfa-recipes-to-try-to-improve-your-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"Delicious Mushroom Recipes to try to improve your Memory!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mushrooms may improve memory!<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We\u2019re made of memories \u2013 what we\u2019ve experienced, wept and laughed over, and the tools we\u2019ve learned to make us functioning, accomplished members of our families and society.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>So we\u2019re all naturally keen to do everything in our power to make our brains and bodies, which house our memories, function optimally. \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The key to this may be as simple as a liberal scattering of white button mushrooms in our everyday eating. A 2015 US study submitted to the peer-reviewed journal <em>Nutrition Research<\/em> found that \u201cdaily supplementation with mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) improves balance and working memory in aged rats.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">In fact, after just 8-10 weeks of eating mushrooms, there was an improvement in \u201cbalance, coordination, muscle strength, and learning and memory\u201d.\u00a0Now who wouldn\u2019t want that?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Agaricus bisporus is the scientific name for your average white button mushroom, easily bought in most supermarkets. And white button, portabellini and big brown or portabello mushrooms are in fact the same mushroom, just at different stages of development.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Recipes to try today!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rebrand.ly\/pdcmvcg\"><strong>Lamb &amp; Mushroom Meatball Pitas<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rebrand.ly\/35pmuv9.\">Saute\u0301ed Portabellos, Steak, Coriander Mash &amp; Pea Pure\u0301e<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rebrand.ly\/4totdm9\"><strong>Mushroom Carpaccio<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In a world with increasing rates of Alzheimer\u2019s disease and other forms of dementia, another 2022 US study published in <em>Brain Sciences,<\/em> and \u201cconducted to bring attention to the importance of environmental factors in mitigating neurodegenerative diseases\u201d, found that the \u201cwhite button mushroom diet appeared to ameliorate the spatial memory deficits seen in transgenic AD [Alzheimer disease] mice as they increase in age.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It would seem that adding mushrooms to your diet is a \u201cno brainer\u201d for the health of your mind and memories. Fortunately, they are really easy to incorporate, as they are not only readily available, they are a highly economical alternate to animal sources of protein in the diet.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to Blue Zone eating, mushrooms have been found to be a staple. The term Blue Zone, as defined by medical website <em>Healthline<\/em>, is \u201ca non-scientific term given to\u00a0geographic regions that are home to some of the world\u2019s oldest people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Writing on the Blue Zone site, Robert Beelman, PhD, professor of food science at Pennsylvania State University, describes mushrooms as disease-fighting stars. \u201cIn the past, food scientists like me often praised mushrooms as healthy because of what they\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0contribute to the diet; they contain no cholesterol and gluten and are low in fat, sugars, sodium and calories,\u201d he notes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut that was selling mushrooms short. They are very healthy foods and could have medicinal properties, because they are good sources of protein, B-vitamins, fibre, immune-enhancing sugars found in the cell walls called beta-glucans, and other bioactive compounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImportant nutrients in mushrooms include selenium, vitamin D, glutathione and ergothioneine. All are known to function as antioxidants that can mitigate oxidative stress and all are known to decline during ageing. Oxidative stress is considered the main culprit in causing the diseases of ageing such as cancer, heart disease and dementia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So there you have it folks, mushrooms may well be the path to better memory in later years and that not-so-elusive elixir of long life we all desire.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ways to make more of mushrooms in your meal plan:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Blendability<\/strong> \u2013 simply substitute half the meat in any dish like bobotie, tacos or pot pies with an equal quantity of finely chopped fresh white button mushrooms. They bring added umami flavour to each dish, as well as fibre, while lowering overall calories \u2013 win-win!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bulk out meals<\/strong> \u2013 meat is expensive, so by adding fresh portabellinis or other mushrooms to stews, casseroles, bredies and potjies, you can feed a lot more people without paying substantially more.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eat for every meal<\/strong> \u2013 mushrooms are good with breakfast eggs, lunchtime salads and evening \u201cmeat and three veg\u201d meals like <a href=\"https:\/\/rebrand.ly\/pdcmvcg\"><strong>Lamb &amp; Mushroom Meatball Pitas<\/strong><\/a> or <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rebrand.ly\/35pmuv9.\">Saute\u0301ed Portabellos, Steak, Coriander Mash &amp; Pea Pure\u0301e<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Raw or cooked<\/strong> \u2013 raw fresh mushrooms have a beautifully creamy, earthy and clean flavour when sliced and scatted over fresh ingredients, as with <a href=\"https:\/\/rebrand.ly\/4totdm9\"><strong>Mushroom Carpaccio<\/strong><\/a>. Mushrooms also act like a sponge for flavours both subtle and strong in cooking, adapting well to all cooking methods, from saut\u00e9 to sous vide.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Meat substitute<\/strong> \u2013 big browns are simple to substitute for burger patties, steaks on the braai, chicken in saucy braises. The list is limited only by your imagination. <a href=\"https:\/\/rebrand.ly\/1d57qp0\"><strong>See for the Mushroom Info website some delicious mushroom ideas.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mushrooms may improve memory! We\u2019re made of memories \u2013 what we\u2019ve experienced, wept and laughed over, and the tools we\u2019ve learned to make us functioning, accomplished members of our families and society. So we\u2019re all naturally keen to do everything in our power to make our brains and bodies, which house our memories, function optimally&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15574,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15572\/revisions\/15574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}