ʻOiai ka manaʻo hoʻopaʻapaʻa a me ka manaʻo kānalua i loko o ke kaiāulu, ua hoʻohana ʻia nā halo no nā kaukani makahiki no ka meaʻai a no nā kumu olakino. I kekahi manawa ua kuhi hewa ʻia lākou he mea kanu a mea kanu paha, akā ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo he aupuni ʻokoʻa kēia - fungi. ʻOiai he 14 mau ʻano ʻano halo ma ia wahi, 000 wale nō ka mea hiki ke ʻai, ma kahi o 3 i ʻike ʻia no nā lāʻau lapaʻau, a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka 000% i manaʻo ʻia he mea make. Nui ka poʻe i makemake i ka hele wāwae ʻana i ka nahele no nā halo, akā he mea nui e hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale i kahi ʻala ʻai mai kahi mea ʻawaʻawa. Ua manaʻo ka poʻe Paraʻo i nā halo he mea ʻono, a ua manaʻo ka poʻe Helene e hāʻawi i ka ikaika i nā koa. ʻO ka poʻe Roma hoʻi, ua ʻae lākou i nā halo i makana mai ke Akua mai a kālua iā lākou i nā manawa koʻikoʻi wale nō, ʻoiai no ka poʻe Kina, he meaʻai olakino ka ʻaha. I kēia lā, mahalo ʻia nā halo no ko lākou ʻono ʻokoʻa a me ke ʻano. Hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i ke kīʻaha i kona ʻono, a i ʻole ke ʻono i ka ʻono o nā mea ʻē aʻe. Ma ke ʻano maʻamau, hoʻonui ʻia ka ʻono o ka mushroom i ka wā o ka kuke ʻana, a kū maikaʻi ke ʻano i nā ʻano kumu nui o ka hoʻōla wela, me ka palai a me ka stewing. He 700-1% ka wai o nā haloo a he haʻahaʻa i nā calorie (80 cal/90 g), ka sodium a me ka momona. He kumu maikaʻi loa ia o ka potassium, he mineral e kōkua i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ke koko kiʻekiʻe a hoʻemi i ka hopena o ka hahau. ʻOi aku ka nui o ka potassium ma mua o ka maiʻa a i ʻole ke aniani wai ʻalani. ʻO hoʻokahi lawelawe o nā halo he 100-30% o ka pono o kēlā me kēia lā no ke keleawe, nona nā waiwai cardioprotective.
ʻO nā halo kahi kumu waiwai o riboflavin, niacin a me selenium. ʻO Selenium kahi antioxidant e hui pū me ka huaʻa E, pale i nā cell mai nā hopena ʻino o nā radical manuahi. Mele kane. ʻO ka poʻe hana i ʻai i ʻelua mau lāʻau selenium i ʻōlelo ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā ua hōʻemi i ko lākou pilikia o ka maʻi prostate e 65%. Ua ʻike ʻia ka Baltimore Aging Study ʻo nā kāne me ke koko haʻahaʻa o ka selenium he 4 a 5 mau manawa e ulu ai ka maʻi prostate ma mua o ka poʻe me ke kiʻekiʻe o ka selenium.
ʻO nā halo i ʻai pinepine ʻia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻo ia nā champignons a me nā halo keʻokeʻo.