Shiitake mushroom

What is shiitake? They are edible mushrooms native to East Asia, especially popular in Japanese, Chinese, and Korean cuisine.

Shiitake has served extensively as a medicinal mushroom in traditional healing.

Benefits of shiitake mushrooms

• Shiitake mushrooms can help promote immune system function, triggering immune cell activation. They may help elevate immune cell numbers, including T-cells, specialized for combating particular virus types.

• They may elevate NK (natural killer) cell populations, which prove effective at destroying various virally infected cells and tumor cells.

• Shiitake can elevate antibody secretion protecting the digestive tract while decreasing C-reactive protein, an inflammation marker.

• In cellular investigations, shiitake extract directly inactivated multiple virus types and blocked viral replication.

• In severe bacterial lung infection research, shiitake mushrooms substantially reduced lung bacterial numbers.

• Combining beta glucans with shiitake, maitake, and chaga mushrooms may optimize healthy immune performance.