Thursday 3 January 2008

Black mushrooms - the new thin?

Black-coloured foods are now all the rage in places like Japan. That's because they are thought to have anti-inflammatory properties and perhaps even help protect against heart disease and cancer.

You may have thought about eating black beans, but what about black rice, or black mushrooms?

At Asian groceries, you can even get things like black sesame oil; black vinegar and black soybeans to complement your meals.

So what's the big deal? Well some say these ebony colored foods have more health benefits, and others say they have deeper, more intense flavours.

What next?

Pink foods make you smile? Brown foods make you taller?

Just keep eating my mushrooms - black ones, yellow ones, grey ones ....

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