Mushrooms could soon become the latest weapon in winning the battle of the bulge worldwide, if researchers are to be believed.
A new study has found that mushrooms are not only a good source of Vitamin D but a diet rich in the popular fungus could help people shed the flab, according to reports in the British media.
In the study, volunteers who ate mushrooms rather than meat in four otherwise identical meals a week shed almost 6 kg over five weeks, with one losing 9.5 kg. In fact, one man and nine women, aged between 25 and 61, shed a total of 57.6 kg over the course of the trial.
According to Sarah Schenker, the dietician who led the trial, "Mushrooms make a fantastic low-density meat substitute and can assist dieters without them having to radically change their eating patterns. Mushrooms are great value for money."