Mushrooms may help you fight off aging
The new research was led by Robert Beelman, professor emeritus of food science and director of the Pennsylvania State University Center for Plant and Mushroom Products for Health in State College. Michael D. Kalaras, a postdoctoral assistant in food science, is the first author of the paper.
Researchers were already aware that mushrooms are "the highest source" of an antioxidant called ergothioneine, but little was known about glutathione, another major antioxidant.
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