How is it that a fungus Buy magic mushrooms of having little nutritional value could harbor life improving and saving elements?The overlooked turns out to be a great source of vitamin B, niacin, riboflavin, selenium, and protein. Your nutritionist may not know that in the case of fungi, they should be cooked to make vitamins available to the body.
Throughout Asia, particularly China and Japan, mushrooms have been part of the culinary experience but most importantly, they’ve harnessed the biggest health benefits of mushroom extracts for thousands of years.
The western attitude and lack of nutritional information of mushrooms has landed our fungal friends in our salads and chopped up in our kitchens to be used in food dishes. The Asian culture however, has for a couple of thousand years, used specific mushrooms to improve and maintain better health. Many of these mushrooms have reputed health benefits to include anti-aging properties to attacking cancer cells and although relatively new to the Western world, continue to be used within the Asian culture for their medicinal properties.
With advances in mushroom cultivation in just the last 20 years, increased availability, research, and affordability, use of mushrooms for their health benefits has increased. For example, the Reishi Mushroom (Ganoderma Lucidum) was originally only available to Asian royalty and often referred to as mushroom of immortality. Reishi can suppress cell adhesion and migration of certain cancer cells, potentially reducing cancerous effects and certainly boosting immune systems.
The tumor inhibiting ability of specific mushrooms is created by the immune-stimulating polysaccharides. Medical practitioners in China and Japan have used mushrooms along with herbs in anti-aging and cancer medications. Certainly, the homeopathic community has expounded on the health benefits of using such extracts.
