Why is there so much excitment about medicinal mushrooms?
Medicinal mushrooms have been treasured and praised for thousands of years in the Orient, where they are listed among the best medicines available. Medical researchers are now confirming many medical benefits of mushrooms, especially in the areas of immune enhancement and general good health. Mushrooms have been intensively studied as antitumor agents. They contain many substances which are antioxidants, protecting the body from toxins, mutagens, and free radicals, and specifically protecting the liver from injury. Mushroooms also appear to influence heart and artery disease by regularizing blood pressure.
