Is It Safe to Eat Raw Mushrooms?

The side effects of raw mushrooms. Microwaving is probably the most efficient way to reduce agaritine levels in fresh mushrooms.

Here are some of my other videos with cooking tips:

Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution!
-Michael Greger, MD FACLM

[themcc]

The take away, cook the shiitake out of your mushrooms!

[-johnny-deep-]

Me at the start of the video: oh for effs sake! Me by the end: well that's a relief!

[peterkuskis]

I have eaten raw white mushrooms in salads many times over the years—and even liked the taste!

[ms]

Very hard to follow. Difficult to determine the bottom line. They’re safe or not safe?

[CharlieBarbie-]

Nothing compares to your first trip. I felt so free nothing in this world bothered me anymore, I felt like a child all over again, my perception of things changed, everything felt so beautiful 😩😍

[WestGeorgiaTiger]

I was just eating some raw mushrooms the other day and was wondering about this. I have more mushrooms and was about to eat them raw again. A timely video to help me inch further into improvement. Thank you

[sojournern]

Bottom line, and this is almost lost in this video: eating button mushrooms does not appear to present any cancer risk. This is important to me since I eat a lot of raw mushrooms.

[fieldlab]

Microwaving is best? Greger is making more friends today! 😆

Paul Stamets has always said to always cook mushrooms. Not the least reason for this is the rotting conditions mushrooms thrive in, including even manure.

[sooooooooDark]

well werent mushrooms like overall pretty cancer protective... (other than that one compound)? which means u may increase ur overall cancer risk by X(due to that compound) but may decrease it 5(or so)X cuz of the other beneficial compounds in them

[MaliYojez]

This is good news. I love having a punnet of mushrooms in the fridge to take a few whenever I need a snack.

[Pyriphlegeton]

The comic Dr. Greger is a bad choice, I think.
It reduces the believability massively. Having an actual doctor on screen telling you the information was always what made nutritionfacts stand out

[zanshin]

Every time I prepare mushrooms I have to eat a peace raw. lol. Been doing that for years.

[williamcooper]

So the takeaway is cook your mushroom in a microwave but do the health benefits outweigh the risks of consuming mushrooms cooked using different methods?

[ayidas]

My jaw dropped with the shitake reaction!!

[Melanie____]

That’s a relief. I’ve been eating 5 a day for their ability to inhibit aromatase activity.

[imxmchou]

I just want to say TAHNK YOU, Dr. Greger! I am appreciated for what you have done and what you are doing! I recently purchased the book "How not to die" It is really an eye-opening. For those not major in Bio or in med school, I learn a lot from you! I will keep learning and send the message to my family and friends. Best wishes to you and your family. Sincerely, Uhao.

[timpellemeier]

Could it be, that the benign substances in mushrooms drop at the same rate? I am not sure, if it really is a good idea to try to reduce the amount of agaritine as much as possible. For example when I cook mushrooms, the cooking water has a very intense brown color. I keep thinking, that there will probably be a lot of vitamins and other healthy substances in the cooking water as well.

[ashlynsule]

Very impressive video. Thank you Dr Greger

[RenAtkins]

I know someone who had that shiitake reaction, it's wild.
I was told by the person who taught me how to grow mushrooms that we should cook mushrooms mostly to break down the chitin for better absorption of nutrients.

[annieesther]

What about canned or frozen mushrooms? And mushroom broth cubes? Is there data on those?