It takes quite a while for herbal and vitamin or mineral based remedies to be accepted by the scientific world. In the case of reishi mushrooms, it may have taken several centuries! Reishi mushrooms (scientific name ganoderma lucidum) are now being investigated to see if they have potential in helping people with a host of Western diet related problems, like diabetes, heart disease and obesity.
The main study is being undertaken at the University of Western Sydney's Center fro Complementary Medicine Research, and its principal aim is to find out whether high blood sugar conditions can be corrected by using whole food supplements containing reishi mushrooms. Other health problems will also be examined in the study, however the blood glucose question will be the main focus.
People with high blood glucose, obesity and high cholesterol are often classed ashaving a metabolic syndrome. One of the cruel paradoxes of the syndrome is that once a person develops it, it can be difficult and dangerous to make the required lifestyle changes to correct it. In some cases, lifestyle changes alone do very little to correct the syndrome.
Reishi mushrooms could hold the answer, though, as recognized by science (not just marketers). The study's proponents say that the mushroom has been revered in China for its ability to fight a range of diseases, enhance vitality and apparently delay aging. Whole food supplements that contain both reishi and cordyceps sinensis mushrooms (or taking a combination of the two whole food supplements) was noted by Nerida Klupp, of the Sydney center, as especially effective. Both have the same effect on blood glucose, and at present there doesn’t appear to be any dangerous interactions.
More recently, reishi mushrooms were studied in conjunction with green tea whole food supplements for their potential to slow the growth of sarcoma (cancerous cells). This combination was found to slow the deaths of mice from sarcoma, and an even more positive effect may be found in humans, after suitable study.
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It has been proven by modern medical research that Reishi has a wide range of beneficial effects. Its main function is to promote blood circulation and increase the metabolic activities of cells and also helps with the proper functioning of all internal organs. Reishi mushroom has been widely used in whole food supplements due to it's medicinal properties.
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