[broahmed]

Paul Stamets has done some fascinating research around this. Turkey tail mushrooms seem especially potent against cancer. Here's the 2.5 minute story from his TED medical talk of his own mother's brush with late-stage breast cancer with less than 3 months to live and and subsequent recovery with Taxol, Herceptin, and turkey tail mushrooms: https://youtu.be/pXHDoROh2hA?t=540

He's founded a company called Host Defense. The reviews on their turkey tail mushroom product are filled with stories of cancer recovery in both humans and pets: https://www.amazon.com/Host-Defense-Mushroom-Naturally-Diges...

[enchiridion]

He passively implied on Joe Rogan that there is a significant health hazard when eating undercooked portabellas.

[TedDoesntTalk]

I recently started eating raw portabella mushrooms because they are mentioned in "The End of Alzheimer's" as the most potent mushroom species for neuroprotective effects.

I had NO idea they can be cancerous. So thank you.

The book does not mention if they should be cooked or not. I eat them raw for convenience. I'll stay cooking them now, will that help?

[frombody]

If you're looking for neuroprotective effects, you want to be cooking them to break down the chitin wall.

[solomonb]

cancerous or not, the body is terrible at digesting uncooked mushrooms and you probably aren't getting much nutrition from eating them raw.

[pengaru]

They taste better cooked anyways, lots of umami once you get the juices collecting in the gills. It's a very steak-like experience...

[fogihujy]

Had no idea about cancerous effects, but the taste is amazing. As someone who eats meats regularily, my favourite vegan burger is with a grilled portabello in it - it beats all the over-processed stuff they sell nowadays.

[oblib]

Have you had shiitakes?

I love portabellos too but shiitakes are just amazing. I have to think they'd made an awesome vegan burger. Just the thought makes me want to try that.

[fogihujy]

Haven't tried making a burger with them. I'll add it to the todo list for this summer. :D

[pengaru]

Agreed, processed meat substitutes are a solution looking for a problem. Mushrooms are already basically meat.

[mleonhard]

Mushrooms have very few calories and little protein or fat. A person becomes hungry again soon after eating mushrooms. The only thing they have in common with meat is umami flavor.

[cameronh90]

I don't like mushrooms. Texture is too weird for my autism. So the meat substitutes are good for me...

[dTal]

To be fair, cancer does indeed lower your chances of getting Alzheimers.

[TedDoesntTalk]

What? Never heard this before. Do you have a source?

[dTal]

It was a flip remark. The point is it increases your chances of early death. Can't get Alzheimers if you're dead.

[krrrh]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16866990