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Sauteed mushrooms in olive oil (w/garlic salt)

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Arkitech

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I love mushrooms especially when they're sauteed in a little olive oil and sprinkled with garlic salt. Yum


 
Tasty yes but healthy? I'm not sure but I have been told that fungi contain very little nutritious value. I agree that it's not that bad for you but healthy might be a bit of a stretch. Personally I like to sautee the shrooms then add them to cooked chicken with zucinni (sp?) and red peppers. Throw that over some rice or top ramen noodles and you have a decent and pretty quick stir-fry.

-spike
 
Originally posted by: Spike
Tasty yes but healthy? I'm not sure but I have been told that fungi contain very little nutritious value. I agree that it's not that bad for you but healthy might be a bit of a stretch. Personally I like to sautee the shrooms then add them to cooked chicken with zucinni (sp?) and red peppers. Throw that over some rice or top ramen noodles and you have a decent and pretty quick stir-fry.

-spike
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I can't speak to the mushrooms, but olive oil is very healthy (and canola is even better). Even if the mushrooms add little nutritional value, I would consider this a pretty healthy side dish.
 
Definitely have to agree with you. But I'd rather cut up some fresh garlic and throw that in there, burnt garlic = :thumbsup:
 
Mushrooms aren't really all that healthy. They are a fungus and have many things that are bad for you. But as for low fat and great tasting, they have a chemical which closely resembled MSG, so of course they are tasty and low fat.
 
Originally posted by: jbourne77
Originally posted by: Spike
Tasty yes but healthy? I'm not sure but I have been told that fungi contain very little nutritious value. I agree that it's not that bad for you but healthy might be a bit of a stretch. Personally I like to sautee the shrooms then add them to cooked chicken with zucinni (sp?) and red peppers. Throw that over some rice or top ramen noodles and you have a decent and pretty quick stir-fry.

-spike
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I can't speak to the mushrooms, but olive oil is very healthy (and canola is even better). Even if the mushrooms add little nutritional value, I would consider this a pretty healthy side dish.
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I've read that Olive oil is superior to Canola oil
 
Originally posted by: jbourne77
Originally posted by: Spike
Tasty yes but healthy? I'm not sure but I have been told that fungi contain very little nutritious value. I agree that it's not that bad for you but healthy might be a bit of a stretch. Personally I like to sautee the shrooms then add them to cooked chicken with zucinni (sp?) and red peppers. Throw that over some rice or top ramen noodles and you have a decent and pretty quick stir-fry.

-spike
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I can't speak to the mushrooms, but olive oil is very healthy (and canola is even better). Even if the mushrooms add little nutritional value, I would consider this a pretty healthy side dish.
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Olive oil is only healthy uncooked, canola oil is crap IMO. Because it is only good cooked and it becomes unhealthy when cooked.
 
Originally posted by: Arkitech
I love mushrooms especially when they're sauteed in a little olive oil and sprinkled with garlic salt. Yum
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Thank you for this tidbit of information. 😕
 
Originally posted by: SagaLore
Originally posted by: Arkitech
I love mushrooms especially when they're sauteed in a little olive oil and sprinkled with garlic salt. Yum
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Thank you for this tidbit of information. 😕
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just passing on a tasty recipe, what's so confusing about that
 
Originally posted by: Arkitech
Originally posted by: SagaLore
Originally posted by: Arkitech
I love mushrooms especially when they're sauteed in a little olive oil and sprinkled with garlic salt. Yum
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Thank you for this tidbit of information. 😕
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just passing on a tasty recipe, what's so confusing about that
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its not 🙂
 
Originally posted by: SagaLore
Originally posted by: DaShen
Mushrooms aren't really all that healthy. They are a fungus and have many things that are bad for you. But as for low fat and great tasting, they have a chemical which closely resembled MSG, so of course they are tasty and low fat.
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Oh really?

And this one.
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This all pertains to the idea that low-fat and some nutrition is better than a medium fat, high nutrition diet. Different way of thought.

Ginger and lotus root is the most nutritious type of vegetables or roots bar none.

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Oh and most vegetables that we normally eat aren't that nutritious. That is why are bodies crave so much food even though we sometimes eat a lot of certain vegetables.

i.e. - Iceberg lettuce for salads, and almost no nutritional value (although high fiber is very good). Expands stomach and satiates for a moments, but once the brain realizes it gets no nutrients, it spurrs another hunger attack. Again, the same mindset that low-calorie, low-fat is good for you.

I myself love salads, but I make sure to add nuts high in Omega-3. and an assorted of different vegetables when I eat it.

Oh BTW, I love Mushrooms too, and they aren't the worst thing you can eat, they just aren't the healthiest. Girlled Portobello burgers, with blue cheese, roasted garlic, basil and tomatoe, with olive oil and ciabatta is really simple and good.
 
Originally posted by: jbourne77
Well I've learned a few things...

I didn't realize that the oils became unhealthy when cooked.
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Margarine being the worst. Great when chilled, but heated up it's far worse then butter healthwise.

 
Originally posted by: DaShen
This all pertains to the idea that low-fat and some nutrition is better than a medium fat, high nutrition diet. Different way of thought.

Ginger and lotus root is the most nutritious type of vegetables or roots bar none.
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Mushrooms have more potassium than bananas. Are bananas low nutrition? They have more selenium than any other vegetable. High nutrition is about getting the full range, it seems to me that mushrooms would be a good inclusion to such a diet. 😛
 
Originally posted by: jbourne77
Well I've learned a few things...

I didn't realize that the oils became unhealthy when cooked.
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Oils/fats that are liquids at room temp are long chains of single carbon-carbon bonds. Heating forms double bonds, making trans-fats (the chains are trans, organic chemistry term, off of the double bond, rather than cis).
 
Originally posted by: Rudee
Originally posted by: jbourne77
Well I've learned a few things...

I didn't realize that the oils became unhealthy when cooked.
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Margarine being the worst. Great when chilled, but heated up it's far worse then butter healthwise.
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Margarine is never good for you, cooked or uncooked. Eat real butter. Much healthier and much safer.
 
Originally posted by: BigPoppa
Originally posted by: jbourne77
Well I've learned a few things...

I didn't realize that the oils became unhealthy when cooked.
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Oils/fats that are liquids at room temp are long chains of single carbon-carbon bonds. Heating forms double bonds, making trans-fats (the chains are trans, organic chemistry term, off of the double bond, rather than cis).
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One of the very few exceptions being coconut oil. It's safe to cook with it.
 
Originally posted by: SagaLore
Originally posted by: DaShen
This all pertains to the idea that low-fat and some nutrition is better than a medium fat, high nutrition diet. Different way of thought.

Ginger and lotus root is the most nutritious type of vegetables or roots bar none.
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Mushrooms have more potassium than bananas. Are bananas low nutrition? They have more selenium than any other vegetable. High nutrition is about getting the full range, it seems to me that mushrooms would be a good inclusion to such a diet. 😛
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Lotus Root

Highest in overall various full range nutrition and vitamins, including potassium (higher than mushrooms).

It isn't just the good chemicals in mushrooms, mushrooms have certain chemicals that screw with your system. The same structure that mimics MSG has many of the same carcinogenic properties of MSG. They are a fungus. But again, mushrooms are not as unhealthy as some really bad foods loaded in transfat with no nutritional value, but as being extremely healthy, it is not.

I will say that if you compared eating the ounces of steak compared to the same ouces of mushroom, I would pick mushroom, healthwise (but steak, taste wise). Mushrooms have many nutritional chemicals, but you can get the same thing with other vegetables with not as many bad things behind it.
 
Originally posted by: Jzero
Originally posted by: DAGTA
One of the very few exceptions being coconut oil. It's safe to cook with it.
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Isn't also chock full of saturated fats?
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Yes. Medium chain saturated fats which your body almost immediately converts to energy. Coconut oil will not make you fat. In fact, it actually boosts the metabolism so you may lose some weight.
 
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