Mushroom have been used of both as food and for medicinal purposes. Mushrooms are helpful health food - low in calories, high in vegetable proteins, chitin, iron, zinc, fiber, essential amino acids, vitamins & minerals. Mushroom are probiotic, they help our body make stronger itself and fight off illness by maintaining physiological homeostasis, restoring our bodies balance and natural fight to disease. Mushrooms have high nutritional value. They help keep a healthy body and get away with diseases. Mushrooms are rich in minerals, vitamin, dietary fiber as well as all the essential amino acids and are low in fat and calories. Mushrooms are an excellent source of potassium, a mineral that helps lower elevated blood pressure and reduces the risk of stroke. One serving of mushrooms also provides about 20 to 40 percent of the daily value of copper, a mineral that has cardio protective properties.