Dietary Shiitake Mushroom (Lentinus edodes) Prevents Fat Deposition and Lowers Triglyceride in Rats Fed a High-Fat Diet

Table 1

Composition of experimental diet.

Component	Group^1
	HFD	LD-M	MD-M	HD-M
Carbohydrate (%)	32	33	33	34
Protein (%)	16	16	16	16
Fat (%)	50	49	49	48
Fibre (%)	2	2	2	3
Shiitake mushroom powder % (wt : wt)	—	0.7	2	6
Energy density (kJ/g)	18.8	18.8	18.8	18.4

¹HFD: high-fat diet; LD-M: low-dose mushroom in HFD; MD-M: medium mushroom in HFD; HD-M: high-dose mushroom in HFD.