Maitake Mushrooms (Grifola frondosa)

Mushrooms have been eaten as food and used as a healing aid since prehistory starting

in the Neolithic period. They were first found in in the prehistoric lake dwellings in
Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. Truffles were found in Greece and Rome where
they cultivated the small Agrocybe aegerita on pieces of poplar trunks. In China and
Japan, shitake mushrooms were grown on rotting logs. In 1678, a French botanist
demonstrated the cultivation of mushrooms by transplanting their mycelia.

Mushrooms thin the blood.

Maitake, oyster, and other mushrooms
reduce blood clotting, essentially
“thinning” the blood. This, in turn, means
an easier job for the heart in pumping the
blood through our arteries. “Thinner”
blood means reduced risk of blockages
caused by clots.

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        Maitake Mushrooms
         (Grifola frondosa)                

Maitake is another delicious and medicinal mushroom. While most studies looking into how

maitake improves blood sugar regulation have been done in rats or on cells in a dish, the
mushroom does appear to work similarly in people. A couple ways maitake may lower high
blood sugar levels include improving insulin activity and slowing starch digestion.
An increasing cause of infertility, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is often related to
insulin resistance, where there are excess levels of insulin in the body driving sex hormone
imbalances. Maitake improved ovarian function in women with PCOS, possibly through
better blood sugar and insulin regulation.
You can take maitake as a mushroom powder or tea, but why not just eat it? Like Lion’s
Mane, you can also grow it yourself.

Cortesía de Mushroom of Medicine, Ebook. page # 21.

By Basmati.

Gracias y Feliz Navidad.