The Vitamin Clerk explains how the survival adaptations mushrooms use in nature are beneficial for us too.
Uniquely Powerful Mushrooms! In recent years we have learned so much about them and how they benefit us and why. They are so effective that you may want to consider substituting all of your supplements with a broad spectrum mushroom product.
Fungi are intelligent. They spread out in a web of supporting thread like tentacles called Mycelium that network with one another and nearby trees to literally “problem solve” their surroundings. Fungi are the recyclers of the environment. They decompose dead matter and recycle the water and matter as nutrients for other plants and trees to survive. Plants and trees thrive in the presence of fungi because the network of Mycelium and plant roots is a symbiotic relationship.
Fungi have developed adaptations to help them survive in their microhabitat of decomposing matter. These adaptations are attributable to their unique phytochemistry. Fungi produce several classes of molecules that protect cells (cytoprotective).
These survival adaptations are beneficial for us too. That is why they are important to our health.
Think about how many different vitamins and herbal supplements you take for their medicinal value. Some are adaptogenic and boost your energy and mood. Others help reduce the inflammatory response to chronic stress and poor diet. You take different kinds for their antioxidative capacity to protect cells and DNA. Then you may take still other products just to boost your immunity.
That becomes a big pill burden and cost. Don’t you wish you could have all of these benefits in one product?
Functional mushrooms provide all of these healthy benefits! Some mushrooms may be uniquely better for energy like Cordyceps or for brain health like Lion’s Mane. But their unique phytonutrients have overlapping benefits. In prior blogs I’ve explained how I’m big on broad spectrum herbs. I believe you get more value from a broad spectrum mushroom product.
Click here and dive in on a few of these special functional compounds.
Our broad spectrum mushroom products is your daily mushroom support on the go.
M-Co10, MUSHROOM COMPLETE 10. We have combined 10 of the most supportive mushrooms in just 2 tasty gummies. Two gummies daily provide 250mg with Maitake, Shiitake, Lion's Mane, Reishi, Cordyceps, Chaga, Turkey Tail, White Button Mushroom, Black Fungus and Royal Sun.
FERMENTED MUSHROOM COMPLEX BLEND. This unique formula is intended to release the mushrooms' nutritional payload by breaking down the indigestible cell wall. It combines 6 medicinal mushrooms.
The health benefits we receive from mushrooms makes them the one source of phytonutrients we can't afford to leave out of our daily routine. Sometimes we just can't get out of the door quickly enough.
Lack of time or disrupted routines leave us without the support we need to fight off diseases, stress, inflammation, gut imbalance or to get our essential vitamins and nutrients for the day.
Follow these scientific articles and learn about our understanding of the pharmacology of Mushrooms
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- Lu Y, et al. (2021) Recent Developments in Inonotus obliquus (Chaga mushroom) Polysaccharides: Isolation, Structural Characteristics, Biological Activities and Application. Polymers (Basel). Apr 29;13(9):1441. doi: 10.3390/polym13091441. PMID: 33947037; PMCID: PMC8124789.
- Eid JI, Das B, Al-Tuwaijri MM, Basal WT. (2021) Targeting SARS-CoV-2 with Chaga mushroom: An in silico study toward developing a natural antiviral compound. Food Sci Nutr. 9(12):6513-6523. Published 2021 Oct 20. doi:10.1002/fsn3.2576
- Baek J, et al. (2018) Bioactivity-based analysis and chemical characterization of cytotoxic constituents from Chaga mushroom (Inonotus obliquus) that induce apoptosis in human lung adenocarcinoma cells. J Ethnopharmacol. 224:63-75. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2018.05.025
- Cheah IK, Halliwell B. (2021) Ergothioneine, recent developments. Redox Biol. Jun;42:101868. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2021.101868. Epub 2021 Jan 26. PMID: 33558182; PMCID: PMC8113028.
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- Géry, A., et al. (2018). Chaga ( Inonotus obliquus), a Future Potential Medicinal Fungus in Oncology? A Chemical Study and a Comparison of the Cytotoxicity Against Human Lung Adenocarcinoma Cells (A549) and Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells (BEAS-2B). Integrative cancer therapies, 17(3), 832–843. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534735418757912
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