Ngakhale kuti anthu ali ndi maganizo otsutsana komanso osamveka bwino, bowa wakhala akugwiritsidwa ntchito kwa zaka masauzande ambiri ngati chakudya komanso ngati mankhwala. Nthawi zina amagawidwa molakwika ngati masamba kapena chomera, koma kwenikweni uwu ndi ufumu wosiyana - bowa. Ngakhale kuti m'deralo muli mitundu 14 ya bowa, 000 okha ndi omwe amadyedwa, pafupifupi 3 amadziwika ndi mankhwala, ndipo osachepera 000% amaonedwa kuti ndi oopsa. Anthu ambiri amakonda kuyenda m'nkhalango kukafuna bowa, koma ndikofunikira kusiyanitsa bowa wodyedwa ndi wakupha. Afarao ankaona kuti bowa ndi chakudya chamtengo wapatali, ndipo Agiriki ankakhulupirira kuti bowa ndi umene umapatsa mphamvu asilikali. Koma Aroma ankavomereza kuti bowa ndi mphatso yochokera kwa Mulungu ndipo ankaphika pa nthawi yapadera, pamene kwa anthu a ku China, bowa ndi chakudya chopatsa thanzi. Masiku ano, bowa amakondedwa kwambiri chifukwa cha kukoma kwake komanso kapangidwe kake. Akhoza kupatsa mbaleyo kukoma kwake, kapena kuviika mu kukoma kwa zinthu zina. Monga lamulo, kukoma kwa bowa kumawonjezeka panthawi yophika, ndipo mawonekedwe ake amalimbana ndi njira zazikulu zopangira matenthedwe, kuphatikizapo kuphika ndi kuphika. Bowa ndi madzi 700-1% ndipo ali ndi zopatsa mphamvu zochepa (80 cal/90 g), sodium ndi mafuta. Ndiwo gwero labwino kwambiri la potaziyamu, mchere womwe umathandizira kuchepetsa kuthamanga kwa magazi ndikuchepetsa chiopsezo cha sitiroko. Bowa umodzi wapakatikati wa portabella uli ndi potaziyamu yambiri kuposa nthochi kapena kapu yamadzi alalanje. Bowa limodzi la bowa ndi 100-30% ya zomwe zimafunikira tsiku lililonse zamkuwa, zomwe zimakhala ndi mphamvu zoteteza mtima.
Bowa ndi gwero lambiri la riboflavin, niacin ndi selenium. Selenium ndi antioxidant yomwe, pamodzi ndi vitamini E, imateteza maselo ku zotsatira zowononga za ma free radicals. Uchi wamphongo. Ogwira ntchito omwe amamwa milingo iwiri ya selenium tsiku lililonse amachepetsa chiopsezo cha khansa ya prostate ndi 65%. Kafukufuku wa Baltimore Aging anapeza kuti amuna omwe ali ndi magazi ochepa a selenium anali ndi mwayi wochuluka wa 4 mpaka 5 kuti adwale khansa ya prostate kusiyana ndi omwe ali ndi selenium yambiri.
Bowa omwe amadyedwa kwambiri ku United States ndi ma champignon ndi bowa woyera.