ARTICLE - "4 MEDICINAL MUSHROOMS THAT FIGHT CANCER"

4 MEDICINAL MUSHROOMS THAT FIGHT CANCER

By Ty Bollinger

The Truth About Cancer website  

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ARTICLE SUMMARY

• As modern medicine rediscovers ancient superfoods, there is growing evidence that medicinal mushrooms are among the most powerful functional foods for both preventing and treating cancer. In fact, some anti-cancer mushrooms exhibit direct antiviral and tumor shrinking abilities.

• One of the most well-known medicinal mushrooms in Asian healing arts is reishi (Ganoderma lucidum). There is data to support the potential use of reishi as, at the very least, an adjunct therapy for colorectal cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, and breast cancer. 

• Maitake mushroom has clinically shown promise for individuals with breast cancer, lung cancer, and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). 

• Agaricus blazei murill mushroom made a big splash when a study jointly conducted by the Medical Department of Tokyo University, The National Cancer Center Laboratory, and Tokyo College of Pharmacy showed a complete recovery in 90% of guinea pigs injected with cancer cells (180 sarcoma).

• The anti-viral properties of the turkey tail mushroom offer a unique opportunity to target oncoviruses (tumor virus) such as human papillomavirus leading to cervical cancer, hepatitis C leading to liver cancers, and others.

• Drug companies cannot patent mushrooms. Due to this fact, funds typically won’t be allocated to study them unless they come from private institutions or government grants.

• Mushrooms can be consumed raw, powdered, liquid, and infused into other products. Typically raw does does not offer the same cancer benefits as supplements. For safety reasons it is vital to choose mushroom supplements from growers and producers that follow strict methods and practices to ensure product purity.