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Mushrooms: thousands of years of medicinal use

  • Mar. 23, 2012
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    Are the benefits of cordyceps worth a harvester's life? 5

    Cordyceps sinensis is a mushroom that is said to boost male virility among other things. In the remote regions of central Asia where it grows, pickers have been killed in conflict over harvesting areas. Are the supposed benefits of the fungus worth the price in blood?...More
  • Jan. 20, 2012
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    Medicinal mushrooms' healing benefits revealed in new study 1

    A new study found that two proprietary multi-mushroom-compound blends may have beneficial effects on breast cancer cells and prostate cancer cells in the lab....More
  • Sep. 15, 2011
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    Natural Foods Merchandiser

    NFM goes incognito to test store employee's knowledge of immunity product

    How well did the store employee answer our secret shopper questions about an immunity supplement? We ask Todd Runestad, supplements swami and editor-in-chief of Functional Ingredients and Engredea....More