Delicious Shiitake Mushrooms Improve Immunity

Shiitake mushrooms are a delicious, exotic mushroom. But their benefits go beyond gourmet cooking. They are one of the most important and exciting immune boosters and cancer fighters. And now a new study has once again found the ability of these medicinal mushrooms to boost immunity. . . .

Fifty-two healthy people ate 5-10 grams of shiitake mushrooms every day for four weeks. Eating the mushrooms improved the proliferation and activation of T-cells and natural killer cells, meaning that they improved immunity. The shiitake mushrooms also improved inflammation.

This study shows once again the importance of medicinal mushrooms for your immune system.

For more information on medicinal mushrooms, see this month’s issue (Vol 18, No 8) of The Natural Path.

J Am Coll Nutr 2015;doi:10.1080/07315724.2014.950391