Tag: Mushroom

Medicinal mushrooms have been used in ancient Chinese medicine for centuries. However, they’re starting to gain popularity in the western world. Cordyceps is best when you’re feeling fatigued. If you need an immunity boost, Cordyceps will improve immune function of cells. Reishi is useful when you are feeling stressed, can’t sleep, or need to focus. Lion’s mane will also protect your brain from degenerative disease. To fight diabetes and heart disease, go for Maitake.

Mushrooms have been used to treat diseases for thousands of years. There are a variety of mushrooms variety of mushrooms like reishi, cordyceps, lion's mane, turkey tail, cordyceps, maitake, and shiitake. These mushrooms have medicinal values that can protect you from many diseases including cancer. They also boost your immunity, improve cognition, regulate cholesterol levels, and aid digestion.

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Mushrooms are rich in nutrients and easily available worldwide. They are used in cuisines across the world, however, wrong cooking method may remove essential nutrients from mushrooms. The best way to cook mushrooms and preserve its nutritional value is by boiling, grilling, and microwaving the mushrooms.

Your busy life may often force you to settle for a brunch, instead of a wholesome, hearty breakfast. However, brunch is often accused of...

Every single day, I have been mushroom-ing! In all seriousness, I can’t wait to share with you guys about how I’ve used magic mushrooms to...

Used as a health food and medicine in countries like Japan, China for centuries, Shiitake mushrooms (both, raw and dried!) are a powerhouse of rare B vitamins and vitamin D. While a hallmark health benefit of consuming them is improved immune function, Shiitake may also help lower cholesterol, fight obesity, and even inhibit growth of cancerous cells.

Several thousand species of mushrooms are found across North America. Among them, only about 250 are considered significantly poisonous. Except Florida, which is too...

More revered for its pharmaceutical than nutritional value, reishi mushroom has many medicinal purposes and is a part of traditional Chinese medicine. It contains a high concentration of active components like organic germanium, polysaccharides, and triterpenes that power the immune system. Too tough to be edible, this mushroom is had in various other forms. The extract of these mushrooms is found to inhibit several types of allergic reactions. It helps in cholesterol management and is known to have anticancer and liver-protecting properties. It also helps in keep the blood-sugar level in check, banishes insomnia and fights stress.

Mushrooms are a popular food the world over, with once exotic species like the enoki or the porcini, now available alongside the good old button mushroom or morel in stores in North America. Antibacterial and antiviral properties, as well as hepatoprotective, cholesterol lowering, and anti-inflammatory effects have made some species especially potent additions to the pharma world. Used in traditional medicine and herbal remedies, these mushrooms are now applied in easy to consume supplements, teas, and herbal treatments.

There are about 14,000 species of mushroom, and only 3,000 are edible. 700 of these mushroom species are said to have medicinal properties. Here are a list of 10 reasons why you should be eating mushrooms.

Convenience often gets the upper hand over taste or nutrition. In today's world, people are finding it too difficult or even feel lazy to fit...

Magic mushrooms (with psychoactive properties) have been used since ages as revitalizers, cure for cancer and impotency, and healing agents. They contain an effective compound - psilocybin that can help treat OCD, depression, and cancer. But their widespread abuse as a hallucinogenic agent means sale of these mushrooms is illegal in the US. Consume mushrooms only under medical expert advice.

Consume antioxidant-rich foods (goji berries, cacao, pecans, elderberries, wild blueberries, artichoke, kidney beans, blackberries, salmon, kale, red wine, pomegranate, etc.) to neutralize free radicals responsible for turning cells cancerous. Medicinal mushrooms (like chaga, maitake) are age-old, effective anti-carcinogens. Also, exercise and stress management can definitely reduce your risks of cancer.

Reheating kills nutrition in food and alters compounds in food (certain proteins become fat). Repeated reheating assists growth of food poisoning bacteria. Rapidly store leftovers in airtight containers at temp below 0° F. Avoid reheating chicken, mushrooms, rice, beets, celery, potatoes and spinach. Ayurveda suggests eating food fresh and to avoid reheating.