Medicinal mushrooms have amazing healing benefits.
Modern scientific research examining the Ganoderma (Reishi) mushrooms has revealed a variety of potential health benefits:
* anti-cancer properties
* immune system up-regulation
* liver-protecting properties
* antibacterial properties, antiviral properties and antifungal properties
* reducing radiation-induced damage
* reducing lower urinary tract symptoms
* increasing exercise endurance
* inhibitory effect on high blood pressure, due to ACE inhibitor properties.
* inhibitory effects on angiogenesis (via inhibition of VEGF), blood platelet creation, and fibrosis.
Healing Benefits of Maitake (from Wikipedia):
In 2009, a phase I/II human trial, conducted by Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center, showed Maitake could stimulate the immune systems of breast cancer patients.
In vitro research has also shown Maitake can stimulate immune system cells. An in vivo experiment showed that Maitake could stimulate both the innate immune system and adaptive immune system.
In 1997, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an Investigational New Drug Application for a portion of the mushroom.
Ways to get medicinal mushrooms into your daily regime:
- put the mushroom powder into a smoothie (my fave is inside a chocolate smoothie)
- put the mushroom powder into a dish that has mushrooms into it anyway (sneak it into a gravy or dressing)
- make a tea out of the powder
CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO ON MEDICINAL MUSHROOMS BY DAVID WOLFE!