180: Medicinal Mushroom Superfoods - a podcast by Lucas Rockwood

from 2015-12-10T15:37:51

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This week’s yoga talk show explores medicinal mushrooms; not the hallucinogenic kind, the type that boost your immune system! Tero Isokauppila, co-founder of Four Sigma Foods, a medicinal mushroom superfood and super drink company, shares with you the health benefits of Reishi, Chaga, Shiitake, Cordyceps and Maitake.


What You'll Learn:



  • How mushrooms can boost your immune system

  • How water soluble soluble polysaccharides act to modulate your immune system

  • How fat soluble triterpenes can balance your hormones

  • Why many supplements are made with mycelium - not the actual mushroom fruiting bodies

  • Why China is leading the way for medicinal mushrooms both with cultivation and extraction


Nutritional Tip of the Week:



  • Do healthy store-bought salad dressings exist?


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