Vanth 58 points 3 days ago

"eliminating benefit of vegetables"

That's a pretty wild jump.

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MaxLemminist 11 points 3 days ago

yes that confused me.
Could be some translation error

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yogthos 10 points 3 days ago

well in that context at least, it does look like mushrooms are just really good for you

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PattyMcB 2 points 3 days ago

For "...an older Japanese population"

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AbouBenAdhem 9 points 3 days ago

I’m not sure from skimming the page—did they explicitly give different groups different diets, or did they just measure their ergothioneine levels and conclude that they must have eaten more mushrooms?

Could it just be that dementia-prone people have differences in their metabolisms that cause them to process ergothioneine differently?

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PattyMcB 6 points 3 days ago

"...in an older Japanese population"

Edit: that is to say, they probably just surveyed instead of giving anyone any particular diet.

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anothermember 2 points 3 days ago

Genuinely, how much can we trust a US government website on anything claimed to be health information given who their health secretary is?

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MaxLemminist 11 points 3 days ago

This study has been running since 1961 in Japan.
Long before both countries became openly fascist.
And like all good articles it has appropriate sources and references

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anothermember -2 points 3 days ago

Wouldn't put it past them to fabricate sources, they're routine liars after all.

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