Dietary Supplementation with Oyster Culinary-Medicinal Mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus (Agaricomycetes), Reduces Visceral Fat and Hyperlipidemia in Inhabitants of a Rural Community in Mexico.
Study Goal
The researchers aimed to determine the health effects of including Pleurotus ostreatus (edible mushrooms) in a healthy diet, particularly on anthropometric measurements, lipid parameters, glucose levels, and blood pressure in a rural Mexican population.
Results Summary
The study found that consuming Pleurotus ostreatus alongside a healthy diet led to reductions in visceral fat, glucose, triglyceride, and cholesterol levels in women, and glucose and triglyceride levels in men, compared to a healthy diet without mushrooms. The community's diet was high in energy, fat, and sugar but low in fiber, B vitamins, and minerals, indicating an unbalanced diet.
Population
Inhabitants of San Miguel Tianguistenco, Puebla, a rural area of Mexico (30 participants, 15 per group).
Effective Dosage
1 kg of Pleurotus ostreatus per week (four portions of 250 g).
Duration
3 months
Interactions
None mentioned
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Population | Dosage | Impact | Claim # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
healthy diet with regional foods without the inclusion of edible mushrooms | decrease | triglyceride levels | women | - | decreased | #1 |
healthy diet with regional foods without the inclusion of edible mushrooms | decrease | glucose levels | men | - | decreased | #2 |
healthy diet with regional foods alongside 1 kg of P. ostreatus per week | decrease | visceral fat | women | - | decreased | #3 |
healthy diet with regional foods alongside 1 kg of P. ostreatus per week | decrease | glucose levels | women | - | decreased | #4 |
healthy diet with regional foods alongside 1 kg of P. ostreatus per week | decrease | triglyceride levels | women | - | decreased | #5 |
healthy diet with regional foods alongside 1 kg of P. ostreatus per week | decrease | cholesterol levels | women | - | decreased | #6 |
healthy diet with regional foods alongside 1 kg of P. ostreatus per week | decrease | glucose levels | men | - | decreased | #7 |
healthy diet with regional foods alongside 1 kg of P. ostreatus per week | decrease | triglyceride levels | men | - | decreased | #8 |
The abandonment of traditional foods in the Mexican diet is one of the causes for the increase in diseases associated with obesity. Edible mushrooms have been a part of the Mexican diet since pre-Hispanic times. There is clear evidence that Pleurotus ostreatus (Po) contains bioactive compounds that have beneficial health effects. In the present study, we carried out a 3-month nutritional intervention in which we randomized 30 participants into two groups: one that consumed a healthy diet with regional foods without the inclusion of edible mushrooms (HD, n = 15) and one that consumed a healthy diet with regional foods alongside 1 kg of P. ostreatus (four portions of 250 g) per week (HD+ P. ostreatus, n = 15). We evaluated anthropometric measurements, lipid parameters, glucose levels, and blood pressure in inhabitants of San Miguel Tianguistenco, Puebla, a rural area of Mexico. For the HD group, the triglyceride levels decreased in women and the glucose levels decreased in men, and in the HD+ P. ostreatus group, visceral fat, glucose, triglyceride, and cholesterol levels decreased in women, and glucose and triglyceride levels decreased in men. Analysis of the intake of macro- and micronutrients in the community showed a high intake of energy, fat, and sugar, and a low intake of fiber, B complex vitamins, and minerals, indicators of an unbalanced diet. It is essential to create strategies that promote the inclusion of edible mushrooms as a part of a heathy diet in rural areas of Mexico to improve the actual health and nutrition of the residents.