India, Dec. 8 -- Mushrooms are a nutrient-dense, low-calorie food that is often used as a meat substitute because of their umami flavour. Its popularity across cuisines makes people naturally curious about whether it is a simple source of necessary nutrients or if there are allied health benefits.

Dr Saurabh Sethi, a gastroenterologist trained at AIIMS, Harvard, and Stanford Universities, took to Instagram on December 7 to share why we should happily incorporate more mushrooms in our diet.

While edible mushrooms form a small sub-section of the kingdom fungi, they are of wide varieties such as Cremini, Portobello, Porcini, Shitake, Oyster, Chanterelle, Enoki, Maitake, Reishi, and Morel.

Among them, Shitake, Maitake and Reshi are packed ...