Try shiitake or reishi mushrooms with your veggies-theChinese use them to bolster the immune system.
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Medicinal mushrooms such as shiitake, mai-take, and reishi have long been revered for their immunity-boosting effects.
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Chinese medical texts dating back to as early as 206BC describe reishi as a tonic against ageing.
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Consumption of reishi mushroom has been reported to prevent colon carcinogenesis in rodents, although the underlying mechanisms remain unclear.
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Those studies have found that, as with turkey tail and shiitake, components found in reishi mushrooms may strengthen the immune system to fight cancer.
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Reishi mushrooms have been recommended as a general tonic in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years.
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The popular edible mushroom Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi) has been widely used for the general promotion of health and longevity in Asian countries.