It's a voodoo nutrition throwdown!! --- On Fri, 4/15/11, cardemaister <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> From: cardemaister <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Chaga beats amrita-kalasha? > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Date: Friday, April 15, 2011, 2:55 AM > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inonotus_obliquus > > Medicinal use > > Since the 16th century, there are records of chaga mushroom > being used in folk medicine and the botanical medicine of > the Eastern European countries as a remedy for cancer, > gastritis, ulcers, and tuberculosis of the bones. A review > from 2010, stated, "As early as in the sixteenth century, > Chaga was used as an effective folk medicine in Russia and > Northern Europe to treat several human malicious tumors and > other diseases in the absence of any unacceptable toxic side > effects. Chemical investigations show that I. obliquus > produces a diverse range of secondary metabolites including > phenolic compounds, melanins, and lanostane-type > triterpenoids. Among these are the active components for > antioxidant, antitumoral, and antiviral activities and for > improving human immunity against infection of pathogenic > microbes. Geographically, however, this fungus is restricted > to very cold habitats and grows very slowly, suggesting that > Chaga is not a reliable source of these bioactive compounds. > Attempts for culturing this fungus axenically all resulted > in a reduced production of bioactive metabolites."[1] In > 1958, scientific studies in Finland and Russia found Chaga > provided an epochal effect in breast cancer, liver cancer, > uterine cancer, and gastric cancer, as well as in > hypertension and diabetes.[2] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > To subscribe, send a message to: > fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links > > > fairfieldlife-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com > > >
