Mushrooms for health and beauty

In the territory of our country more than 100 species of mushrooms grow, their tenth part is eaten. There are mushrooms which do not collect in the forest, and grow up on special plantations, for example, champignons, oyster mushrooms. 20 species of the mushrooms growing in Russia are poisonous for the person.

We are careful:

- It is clear, that only skilled mushroom pickers can gather mushrooms. And it is better for beginners to show each mushroom to the knowing person. It is dangerous to joke with mushrooms!

- Mushrooms cannot be gathered in parks, squares, botanical gardens, in the yards and in general within the city. Mushrooms incorporate all harmful substances including heavy metals - mercury, lead and others.

- The brought mushrooms need to be touched, washed out and processed at once.

- Unfortunately, poisoning with poisonous mushrooms proves not at once, and 8-12 hours later after their use.

- Usual symptoms of poisoning with mushrooms – nausea, vomiting, gripes in a stomach, a diarrhea, headaches, sweat, strong thirst, fall of temperature of a body, a low pulse, cold hands and legs. Consciousness in most cases remains.

- If at once not to see a doctor, then there are lethal outcomes.

Medicinal and cosmetic properties of mushrooms
Mushrooms are very useful, they are champions among products on protein content. Mushrooms contain vitamins A, B6, D, nicotinic and pantothenic acid, Riboflavinum, niatsin, antioxidants - selenium and ergotionin, minerals, such as copper, potassium, phosphorus, iodine and others.

And from mushrooms do not get fat as they are low-calorie. They contain 20 calories, and at all there is no fat.

And the American doctors went further, they claim that the mushroom diet helps to lose excess weight. It is in that case better to choose the safest mushrooms – champignons and to prepare from them dishes without oil and sour cream. If within a year instead of meat there are mushrooms, then a waist to decrease by 2-3 and more centimeters. In mushrooms there is no cholesterol also at all.

The selenium which is contained in mushrooms protects cages from destruction, serves as prevention of cardiovascular diseases and oncology. Especially in this regard, as doctors found out, chanterelles are useful.

Experts say that if hard and long work is necessary to you, then it is possible to drive away fatigue by means of a plateau of mushrooms — and then though all night long be engaged in important issues of the virtual world (of course provided that in the morning you should not go to work and you have an opportunity to oversleep till a lunch).

And, probably, the few know that mushrooms are used in cosmetics. Masks from mushrooms well influence face skin and help to keep for a long time youth and elasticity of skin, humidifying and feeding it.

- Nutritious mask
To boil 4-5 edible fungi, to crush to gruel, to add 1 tablespoon of sour cream and 1 teaspoon of green tea, it is good to mix and put on a face for 15 minutes, to remove the tampon moistened with warm tea leaves of green tea in 5 minutes to wash cool water.

- The mask rejuvenating
To mix 2 tablespoons of the crushed boiled mushrooms with 1 teaspoon of honey and 1 tablespoon of juice of an aloe. To put on a face for 10-15 minutes, to wash away boiled water of room temperature.

- The mask moistening
To mix 2 tablespoons of the crushed mushrooms with 2 teaspoons of the cucumber rubbed on a small grater and 1 teaspoon of olive oil. To put on a face for 15 minutes, to crumple the tampon moistened in warm broth of parsley or in warm water. To wash cool still mineral water.

- The mask smoothing wrinkles
To mix 2 tablespoons of the crushed mushrooms with 1 tablespoon of carrot juice and with 1-2 spoons of the soft wiped cottage cheese. To put on a face for 15 minutes, to remove a napkin, to wash warm water, and then cold.