Mushrooms fighting cancer
- From: "flashpoint46@xxxxxxxxx" <flashpoint46@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:59:22 -0700
3000 BC the Egyptians believed mushrooms were a
sacred food that prolonged life.
A mummified 5,000-year-old "Ice Man" found in the
mountains of Europe carried a medicine kit of dried
mushrooms.
Well, guess what...
Mushrooms help fight breast cancer
Recent scientific studies in Japan, the UK and the US
have found that some chemicals found only in raw,
cooked and dried mushrooms may strengthen immunity,
help fight infections and prevent cancer.
These friendly fungi may also may help with reducing
high blood sugar, high cholesterol, high blood
pressure and the risk of blood clots.
Breast Cancer Counter Measure
Mushrooms reduce estrogen production to lower breast
cancer risk.
Extracts of large white mushrooms slashed estrogen
production up to 50%.
Small white, portobello and crimini mushrooms had
similar actions, but were not as effective.
Shiitake - Enoki - Lentinan
Lentinan is a chemical found in mushrooms.
So many studies in Japan have shown that mushrooms
have anti-cancer properties, that lentinan is approved
in cancer treatment there.
In one study, Japanese farmers who regularly ate enoki
mushrooms had a 40 percent lower death rate from
cancer than those whose diet did not include
mushrooms.
Cancer Research UK
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have
discovered a protein in the lectin family that is
found in edible mushrooms which targets cancer cells
and stops them from multiplying.
A review of mushroom international studies by Cancer
Research UK reports that many mushrooms can stimulate
immune functions.
"Maitake Magic"
Harry Preuss, M.D., a physiology professor at
Georgetown University School of Medicine is fascinated
by this mushroom. In his book, "Maitake Magic (Freedom
Press; $15.95)," he explains why.
"Maitake is one of nature's richest sources of
beta-glucans ... which are among, or even may be, the
most potent natural immune forces ever discovered," he
writes.
The maitake may help combat cancer by stimulating
immune responses. A compound called maitake D-fraction
is being tested for treating advanced breast and
prostate cancers.
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