MUSHROOMS: Part 2

I know.
You hate them or you love them.

But did you know this:

They have been used for medicinal purposes for thousands of years all over the world.
It is one of the most powerful foods to fight sickness and boost immunity.

I have been prescribed different types of mushrooms to take along my cancer health journey to aid in preventing development of tumor growth cells. Packed with essential vitamins and minerals and natural chemical compounds mushrooms help enhance immune function with my immune system sensitive cancer. Fascinating huh?

Outside of cancer mushrooms are helping boost immunity as an anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, lower high blood pressure, aid in memory loss or autoimmune disease, and many other things.

So your lesson for today... start eating some mushrooms. I take mushrooms in capsule forms in very large amounts and about every 3 months switch up different types to help my immune system regulate and format and new introduced compound.

Mushrooms belong to a class of immunomodulators known as biological response modifiers which are capable of stimulating immune functions. Mushrooms enhance the cellular immune function and stimulate immunity in the body generally.  

In a simple way, a mushroom is a fungus and your body recognizes and processes that by boosting your immune system to see what this is you are introducing. It is a very good thing for your body to be constantly boosting immune cells to fight and strengthen themselves. The other great news is you can still not be convinced of this but mushrooms (the good kind) will not hurt you. So either way, it is proven to be more baneful to introduce more vegetables and fruits into your diet!

This is a strong list of the most beneficial types of mushrooms:
https://www.drweil.com/diet-nutrition/nutrition/mushrooms-for-good-health/
If you want to start eating or taking supplement forms of mushrooms you can stick with these species first and work your way through, switching periodically the different ones. There are other types too but these ones are a great place to start.

• Shiitake: These meaty and flavorful mushrooms contain a substance called eritadenine, which encourages body tissues to absorb cholesterol and lower the amount circulating in the blood. Shiitakes also have antiviral and anticancer effects. Dried shiitakes, available at Asian grocery stores, are also effective. Fresh ones are readily available thanks to domestic cultivation. (To prepare, remove stems or slice fresh ones thinly; they are often tough.)
• Cordyceps: A Chinese fungus used as a tonic and restorative. It is also known for improving athletic performance. You can buy whole, dried cordyceps in health food stores and add them to soups and stews, or drink tea made from powdered cordyceps, but it is more convenient to get cordyceps extracts in liquid or capsule form. To treat general weakness, take cordyceps once or twice a day, following the dosage advice on the product. For health maintenance, take it once or twice a week.
• Enoki: Slender white mushrooms that need only brief cooking and have a very mild taste. They are good in soups and salads. Enoki mushrooms have significant anticancer and immune-enhancing effects.
• Maitake: This delicious Japanese mushroom is also called “hen of the woods” because it grows in big clusters that resemble the fluffed tail feathers of a nesting hen. You should be able to find these mushrooms dried or fresh in Japanese markets, gourmet foods stores, or upscale supermarkets. Extracts are also widely available. Maitake has anticancer, antiviral, and immune-system enhancing effects and may also help control both high blood pressure and blood sugar levels.
• Reishi: Strictly a medicinal mushroom, not a culinary one, reishi is woody, hard, and bitter. Like maitake and other related mushrooms species, reishi can improve immune function and inhibit the growth of some malignant tumors. It also shows significant anti-inflammatory effects, reduces allergic responsiveness, and protects the liver. You can buy dried, ground mushrooms and use them to make tea if you don’t mind the bitterness. Otherwise, buy reishi tablets, liquid extracts or capsules, which are available online and in health food stores and follow the recommended dosage. Take reishi every day for at least two months to see what it can do for you.
• Lion’s Mane: Mushroom health benefits can also come from this nontoxic medicinal and culinary mushroom, which is believed to stimulate nerve growth. It also may improve mild cognitive impairment. A Japanese study published in 2009 found that test scores of study participants who took Lion’s Mane in tablet form improved as over the course of the 16 weeks they took the pills but declined afterwards. The researchers concluded that Lion’s Mane mushrooms are effective in improving mild cognitive impairment.
• Turkey Tail: a purely medicinal mushroom with proven anticancer effects. Use extracts in liquid or capsule form.

*And most important! ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS consult with that doctor I told you to find in Part 1 of health journey advice.... Read my disclaimers.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/278858.php
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/02/05/581917882/mushrooms-are-good-for-you-but-are-they-medicine

Where you purchase your mushrooms is important. I can help guide you in this direction too. Just ask. But here are where I get most of my mushrooms:
https://mushroomscience.com

*I will share about supplements and answer questions about them. This can be another hot topic for health. Again my experience is not everyones but I feel its important for us to share in our journeys because we do not know how God is working there too.
Email me to talk more: jdennstaedt@gmail.com