Estado del arte de las propiedades nutricionales y funcionales de Ganoderma Lucidum.

The consumption of edible mushrooms is an ancient activity that today, thanks to the studies conducted on them, is a common action due to the large number of benefits that they provide. Recently, the choice of alternative diets in which the consumption of functional foods is increasing has become a trend, since they bring greater health benefits. That is why the objective of this review was to clarify and compile existing research related to the mushroom that is most consumed on the planet, the Ganoderma lucidum --also known as Reishi mushroom--, to reach a conclusion about its benefits. In order to conduct this the research, a search on the internet mas made to find articles that had the mushroom as their main subject. Nearly one hundred articles were found. Eighty of them were chosen because they met the selection criteria established for the development of the research. In this way, it was possible to know the nutritional composition of the Reishi mushroom and the benefits that this functional food has for the body, its behavior against different diseases such as obesity, cancer, among others, and the nutritional benefits that its extract provides when added to different foods such as meat products, yogurt, orange juice, among others. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]