Put Maitake Mushrooms in Your Recipes…they fight cancer

by Vic Shayne, PhD

Years ago I discovered that Maitake mushrooms are powerful enough to kill cancer cells. That’s a great reason to put them in your salads, gravies and recipes and to take them in supplement form. (They’re in Immune Support supplement as well). Your immune system loves Maitakes!!

In my newest book, coming out in 2010, I write, “Maitake mushroom is a powerful immune food. The active constituent is thought to be a beta-glucan polysaccharide, which, among other benefits, helps fight cancer and keep it from spreading through the body. Maitake is thought to exert its effects through its ability to activate various effector cells, such as macrophages, natural killer cells, and T cells, according to researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.”

In a study led by Dr Hiroaki Nanba of Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Japan, researchers showed that maitake powder and its advanced extract, MD Fraction, enhanced immune-competent cell activity, helps fight cancer. “Cancer regression or significant symptom improvement was observed in 58.3 per cent of liver cancer patients, 68.8 per cent of breast cancer patients, and 62.5 per cent of lung cancer patients. Furthermore, when maitake was taken in addition to chemotherapy, immune-competent cell activities were enhanced 1.2-1.4 times, compared with chemotherapy alone.”[ii]

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[i] Altern Med Rev 2002;7(3):236-239

[ii] Maitake given go-ahead for human drug trials, Nutra-ingredients-usa, Decision News Media SAS, Ap 1 04

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[i] Kodama N, Komuta K, Nanba H. Can Maitake MD-fraction aid cancer patients? Altern Med Rev 2002;7:236-9.