Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Mike: Now, it seems conventional medicine is increasingly comfortable with the idea of people perhaps using nutrition or medicinal mushrooms in conjunction with chemotherapy, but they're very uncomfortable with the idea of people moving away from chemo and only turning to mushrooms or cancer therapies that are in the alternative world. Do you have any comments you can share on that, or is that dangerous ground to even talk about?
Kaylor: Well, it's always dangerous ground, but I always speak up. I like to think that people are becoming more receptive as far as using these things. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
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 Medicinal mushrooms. Cancer patients may also wish to investigate medicinal mushrooms (such types as reishi, shiitake, cordyceps, maitake, agaracus, and coriolus) as immune-boosting companions to chemotherapy. These medicinal mushrooms are sources of antitumor and immunity-modulating polysaccharides (a type of carbohydrate) that have been extensively researched. Formulas containing concentrated extracts of medicinal mushrooms are available; talk with your oncologist about which he or she might recommend.
Acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). |
| Medicinal mushrooms. Cancer patients may also wish to investigate medicinal mushrooms (such types as reishi, shiitake, cordyceps, maitake, agaracus, and coriolus) as immune-boosting companions to chemotherapy. These medicinal mushrooms are sources of antitumor and immunity-modulating polysaccharides (a type of carbohydrate) that have been extensively researched. Formulas containing concentrated extracts of medicinal mushrooms are available; talk with your oncologist about which he or she might recommend.
Acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Here in the Western world, many people are just now waking up to the medicinal qualities of mushrooms. Is it having much success now?
Kaylor: Yes, I think it's a growing process. We don't have much when you compare to the thousands of years of experience in China – they've got medical texts that are 4,000 years old that rave over the benefits of shiitake mushrooms, the reishi mushroom and Cordyceps mushroom. Obviously we're nowhere near that in Western culture, but there's definitely a trend and a change happening. |
| Have you seen that mushrooms provide a protective effect for healthy cells while enhancing the toxicity of chemotherapy to cancer cells?
Kaylor: Yes, definitely, with our maitake D-fraction, we actually have a couple of clinical trials done in conjunction with chemotherapy treatment. We've found out a couple of things. One is that it decreased the negative side effects of the chemo agents by roughly 90 to 95 percent. So the decrease is in hair loss, pain, nausea, vomiting and less of a decrease of red and white blood cells. |
| Just the simple anti-viral properties are legendary in these mushrooms. It helps people overcome viral infections or defend against the common flu. Are there any anti-inflammatory effects that might interest people?
Kaylor: Well, I think the whole maitake mushroom has some mild anti-inflammatory effects. I think the reishi mushroom in particular is a very potent anti-inflammatory, particularly for just general inflammation in the cardiovascular system and inflammation that may be associated with the respiratory system, like asthma and bronchial problems. |
| Kaylor: Yes, there are several mushrooms. We can talk about any one of them, probably for more time than you want to spend. I think the Cordyceps mushroom, which is widely used in Asia, is a truly legitimate anti-aging product. Traditionally it was considered a yang-tonic, which would be adding fire, energy and movement to life. If you think about how we look at aging, we tend to think of it as contracting. Our shoulders start to sink in a little bit, we have less energy, we're tired, we don't think as clearly, we're not as energized mentally. These are the things we associate with aging. |
Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey
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 FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and the Mushroom Council collaborate to optimize the natural vitamin D content of edible mushrooms and to examine their health benefits in different rodent models of innate immunity. Abstract of poster presented at FDA Science Forum. Retrieved May 25, 2007, from http://www.Accessdata.fda.gov/ scripts/oc/scienceforum/sf2006/search/preview.cfm?keyword = mushrooms%20d&abstract_id = 733&type = content&backto = searchmushrooms making vitamin D.
39. Calvo, M. S., and Whiting, S. J. (2006). |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| It has a lot of the research that's been done, particularly on the maitake mushroom as well as some the mushrooms that are widely used elsewhere in the world, but not necessarily that widely used in the West. The site is www.maitake.com.
Mike: Thank you very much, Mark, for taking a few minutes here.
Kaylor: Thank you. It's been a pleasure, I appreciate it. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| Plus, Himematzutake mushrooms provide at least 50 enzymes, 25 vitamins and minerals, and 18 amino acids.
Reishi is a mushroom that can lower blood pressure while assisting the immune system in its task of eliminating harmful toxins from the body. Reishi is also a powerful antioxidant, bactericide, and promoter of normal blood flow. For over 4,000 years, the Japanese and Chinese peoples have consumed Reishi mushrooms to reduce liver dysfunction and support the natural cleansing of toxins from the body. |
David Winston, RH(AHG), and Steven Maimes
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 Because this mushroom is so expensive, combine a few cordyceps mushrooms with shiitake or other edible mushrooms. In ancient China, the emperor and the royal family were served duck stuffed with cordyceps to enhance longevity and preserve their health.
Dang Shen
Dang shen root has a sweet taste and is cooked in soups, stews, and rice porridge. Dang shen tea nourishes the digestive, immune, and endocrine systems (see the dang shen monograph, page 154, for decoction instructions).
Dang Shen Sweet Rice
This is a delightful dessert that strengthens the immune system, lungs, and spleen qi. |
David Steinman
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 Today the company not only grows thousands of mushrooms on logs in sheds and lean-tos on their property but also buys wild mushrooms from foragers throughout Maine. Among the environmental aspects of the business are its reliance on the sustainable harvest of a renewable, nontimber forest product and its virtual elimination of any waste products; what does not sell fresh is sold dried and what does not sell dried is ground and sold as powder, says the publication. Visit www.ceimaine.org.
I like this example a lot. |
Alex Steffen
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 As biological filters, mushrooms work extremely effectively, because they are, by their very nature, decomposing agents. Mycelia—the parts of the mushroom that absorb nutrients and turn them into usable matter and waste matter-are able to eat up some environmental toxins and efficiently break them down into nontoxic components. mushrooms can remediate soil and sediment contaminated by heavy oils, petroleum products, pesticides, alkaloids, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and even E. coli.
One of Stamets's best-known case studies involved cleaning up a diesel-oil spill using oyster mushrooms. |
| Their work reminds us that the first step toward using every acre of our cities well is learning to see the places we like to overlook, cb
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Mycelium Running: How mushrooms Can Help Save the World by Paul Stamets (Ten Speed Press, 2005)
Paul Stamets is the indisputable king of mushrooms. Among the more fascinating and potentially worldchanging of his pursuits is mycoreme-diation—the use of mushrooms to clean up toxic sludge. He's done it a number of times, turning heaps of contaminated waste into verdant hills full of insects and birds. |
Jack Challem
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 Scrambled Eggs and Sauteed Veggies (Serves 2)
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 pat butter
Vi cup fresh mushrooms, sliced lA cup red bell pepper, chopped or diced
!/4 cup scallions or red onion, chopped or diced
Vs cup cooked brown rice
'/2 cup spinach leaves, stems removed
4 eggs, beaten
2 tablespoons Romano cheese, shredded
Scrambled Eggs and Sauteed Vegetables (continued)
Heat a wok over medium-high heat. Add the oil and butter. When the butter melts and is hot, add the mushrooms, red pepper, and onion and mix them together. |
Jack Challem
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 When the green beans and mushrooms are almost cooked, add the sliced almonds.
Mushroom and Spinach Saute (Serves 1) olive oil
6 to 10 small mushrooms, sliced 3 small scallions, diced 3 ounces (about 'A bag) fresh spinach garlic powder, to taste
Coat a nonstick frypan with olive oil, add the mushrooms and scallions, and saute over medium heat. Meanwhile, pinch the stems from the spinach leaves (or leave on, if you prefer). When the mushrooms and scallions soften, add the spinach, then add the garlic powder. Stir to thoroughly mix the vegetables together. |
C. W. Randolph, M.D.
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 Cholesterol 95 mg - Sodium 75 mg - Total Carbohydrate 2 g Dietary Fiber 0 g - Sugars 1 g - Protein 34 g - Calcium 2% DV
Pan-Roasted Fish with Parsley and Turkey Bacon
8 slices turkey bacon
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 cup baby portabella mushrooms, sliced
1 tablespoon minced garlic
2 tablespoons minced parsley
4 (6-ounce) fish filets (or 1 ]A-2 pounds whole fish)
Salt and pepper to taste Lemon wedges
Cut the turkey bacon into 1-inch pieces and saute in skillet in 1 tablespoon olive oil for 2-3 minutes; add the mushrooms and cook about 5 more minutes. |
David Steinman
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| Today the company not only grows thousands of mushrooms on logs in sheds and lean-tos on their property but also buys wild mushrooms from foragers throughout Maine. Among the environmental aspects of the business are its reliance on the sustainable harvest of a renewable, nontimber forest product and its virtual elimination of any waste products; what does not sell fresh is sold dried and what does not sell dried is ground and sold as powder, says the publication. Visit www.ceimaine.org.
I like this example a lot. |
David Winston, RH(AHG), and Steven Maimes
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| Because this mushroom is so expensive, combine a few cordyceps mushrooms with shiitake or other edible mushrooms. In ancient China, the emperor and the royal family were served duck stuffed with cordyceps to enhance longevity and preserve their health.
Dang Shen
Dang shen root has a sweet taste and is cooked in soups, stews, and rice porridge. Dang shen tea nourishes the digestive, immune, and endocrine systems (see the dang shen monograph, page 154, for decoction instructions).
Dang Shen Sweet Rice
This is a delightful dessert that strengthens the immune system, lungs, and spleen qi. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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 Medicinal mushrooms are known for their antimicrobial activity against a number of microorganisms. Recent in vitro evidence suggests that fungal beta-glucans extracted from Pleurotus tuber-regium exerts its antiviral effect by binding to the virus, thereby preventing the infection of the host cells.39
Echinacea has shown in vitro antiviral activity against HSV-1,40 but a human study did not demonstrate any statistically significant reduction in recurrent genital herpes. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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 Higher dosages (over 100 g of fresh mushrooms) lead to unconsciousness, asphyxiation, coma, and death.
The treatment of poisoning includes emptying the gastrointestinal tract and the use of sedatives. In case of shock, a plasma volume expander should be used. Artificial respiration should be administered for respiratory arrest. dosage
Mode of Administration: In homeopathy, dilutions of the mother tincture are used. literature
Hastings MH, et al., Brain Res 360:248. 1985. Hatfield GM, Brady LR, JNP 38:36, 1975. Marmo E, Med Res Rev 8:441, 1988.
Schwarz B, Ein Mannlein steht im Walde. |
| Mushroom Poisoning
In a study of 60 patients with severe Amanita mushroom poisoning who were given 20 mg/kg of silybin intravenously, no patients died from the mushrooms (Vogel, 1981). Death rates for this type of mushroom poisoning vary widely but may reach up to 40% or 50%. Hruby reported a 12.8% death rate in 220 cases of Amanita poisonings seen between 1979 and 1982 (Hruby, 1984). |
David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
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 Add asparagus, mushrooms, and Swiss cheese and stir gently for a few minutes until all ingredients are scrambled. Serve.
BREAK IT DOWN . . .
Calories: 190; Total fat: llg; Saturated fat: 6g; Cholesterol: 233mg; Sodium: 270mg; Total curbs: 4g; Fiber: lg; Sugar: 2g; Protein: 19g.
Elderberry (Sambucus nigra)
ELDER STATESMAN Did you know . . . the elder tree has been called "the medicine chest of the common people"?
What's the Story?
There are over twenty species of elder trees in existence today. |
| Various selected vegetables, fruits, mushrooms and red wine residue inhibit bone resorption in rats. / of Nutr. 2003 Nov; 133(ll):3592-3597.
Piga A, Del Caro A, Corda G. From plums to prunes: influence of drying parameters on polyphenols and antioxidant activity. J Agric Food Chem. 2003 June;51(12): 3675-3681.
Tinker LF, Schneeman BO, Davis PA, Gallaher DD, Waggoner CR. Consumption of prunes as a source of dietary fiber in men with mild hypercholesterolemia. Am J Clin Nutr. 1991 May;53(5):1259-1265.
Yuqing Y, Gallaher DD. Effect of dried plums on colon cancer risk factors in rats. |
| Add canola oil. Add mushrooms; stir-fry until golden brown on edges. Add green onions; stir-fry 1 minute. Add snow peas; stir-fry until crisp-tender, about 1 minute. Add beef; stir-fry until brown, about 1 to 2 minutes. Add broth and hoisin sauce. Reduce heat to low. Mix until evenly blended. Cook only until sauce comes to a boil. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve over white or brown rice or over steamed Asian noodles. break it down . . .
Calories: 200; Total fat: I4g; Saturated fat: 2g; Cholesterol: 12mg; Sodium: lOOmg; Total carbs: lOg; Fiber: 4g; Sugar: 3g; Protein: 8g. |
| I tablespoon canola oil 1 tablespoon organic s esame oil I tablespoon hoisin sauce directions:
Cut beef or seitan into very thin slices across the grain. Coat the slices with the sesame oil. Spread sesame seeds on large plate. Coat with sesame seeds. Preheat a heavy, large, nonstick skillet over high heat. Add canola oil. Add mushrooms; stir-fry until golden brown on edges. Add green onions; stir-fry 1 minute. Add snow peas; stir-fry until crisp-tender, about 1 minute. Add beef; stir-fry until brown, about 1 to 2 minutes. Add broth and hoisin sauce. Reduce heat to low. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
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| Formulas containing concentrated extracts of medicinal mushrooms are available; talk with your oncologist about which he or she might recommend.
Acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Many cancer patients also turn to acupuncture and TCM to help them get through the rigors of chemo.
Use herbs if you need help relaxing. Support your program by getting plenty of sleep and taking steps to cope with stress. For better sleep and relaxation, it's safe to use herbs such as valerian (150-300 mg) and passionflower (300^150 mg).
Note: Avoid St. |
David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
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| Arrange portions each of mushrooms, carrots, sprouts, squash, onions, and meat on top of spinach. Top off with a fried egg. Add desired amount of red bean paste and serve. This dish tastes best when the egg is cut up and all ingredients are well mixed with the bean paste before eating. |
Dr. Steven R. Gundry
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 Lunch A huge dinner plate of romaine or other lettuces, cherry tomatoes, whatever other veggies or mushrooms I can find, olive oil, vinegar or lemon juice, and crushed red pepper flakes, plus a handful of mixed raw nuts, primarily walnuts.
Dinner A typical meal at our favorite Italian restaurant in Palm Desert recently included sliced raw artichokes with olive oil, fresh lemon juice, and shaved Parmigiano-Regianno cheese, followed by a plate of thinly sliced beef carpaccio topped with arugula, olive oil, lemon juice, and capers. |
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