mushrooms

Edible mushrooms have different health benefits

The mushroom family for health benefits

Mushrooms are commonly recognized as vegetables, but they are technically a kind of fungus. A main difference between fungi and plants is that fungi do not make food from sunlight and soil; they are more similar to animals, digesting and absorbing nutrients from dead biologic materials. Mushrooms are highly prized… Read More

How to decide which mushroom is right for you?

How to decide which mushroom is right for you?

There are approximately 100 thousand known mushroom species in the world, which have been a rich medicinal reservoir that continues today. Since ancient times, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioners have used mushrooms or “zhi,” as they were referred to in China, in their prescriptions to treat patients with aliments and… Read More