Growing Mushroom » More http://www.mushroomgrowers.org Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:22:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Research Suggests That Maitake Mushroom Can Boost the Immune System and More http://www.mushroomgrowers.org/research-suggests-that-maitake-mushroom-can-boost-the-immune-system-and-more http://www.mushroomgrowers.org/research-suggests-that-maitake-mushroom-can-boost-the-immune-system-and-more#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:50:30 +0000 Admin http://www.mushroomgrowers.org/?p=35 Maitake also can be found thriving in northeastern Japan and parts of Europe. Also called dancing mushroom because of people dancing for joy when they found the maitake mushroom, one legend explains that the name refers to the fact that maitake overlaps other forms of fungi and has the appearance of butterfly wings flapping in a dance.

Before 1979 maitake could only be found in the wild. Beta D-glucan is the powerful polysaccharide that is found in maitake, a compound that helps to stimulate the immune response.

Studies have found that maitake mushroom has the ability to reduce blood pressure in laboratory experiments that took place on animals. Maitake may also be able to help lower blood cholesterol levels, which is a major factor in fighting and preventing heart disease. Demonstrating a hepato-protective effect, maitake works against toxins and potential liver damage. Each patient was give maitake extract, with the results showing that 72 percent recovered while only 57 percent of the group the used traditional therapy recovered.

As cancer continues to be leading cause of death in the western world, Human studies are beginning to find that D-fraction polysaccharides in maitake mushroom can help to treat various types of cancer.

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