Next time you make a salad, stir-fry, or even a barbecue, you might want to consider adding some mushrooms to the party. That’s because higher mushroom consumption is linked with a significantly lower risk of cancer. 2 According to the biggest review to date on their health effects, people who ate 18 grams of any type of mushrooms daily had a 45 per cent lower risk of cancer compared to those who didn’t eat any.