How Mushrooms Help Protect Your Brain

Mild cognitive impairment can have a significant impact on your quality of life and may increase your risk of dementia. Mushrooms may be a simple way of protecting your brain and reducing your risk.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Eating more than two portions of mushrooms a week reduced the risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in study subjects by 50%. Data show people with MCI over age 60 have lower levels of ergothioneine, an antioxidant found in mushrooms

• Mushrooms contain ergothioneine and glutathione, also known as the "master antioxidant." These may help…