Edible Mushroom Polysaccharides as Functional Food Ingredients for Metabolic Health: Preparation, Techno-Functional Behavior, and Requirements for Translation
Edible mushroom polysaccharide (EMP) preparations have repeatedly improved glycemic control, adiposity, lipid homeostasis and hepatic lipid accumulation in animal models, and luminal assays and microbiota-perturbation experiments support the routes involved. Selected preparations also thicken, emulsify, retain water an...