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Mushrooms
Mushrooms are more than an essential ingredient for spaghetti sauce. They contain some of the top nutrients that support the immune system. They have been used for everything from the common cold to cancer, HIV and tuberculosis..

Maitake Mushroom
Maitake (Grifola frondosa) is the latest mycologic supersta.

Marvellous Medicinal Mushrooms
They grow on forest floors, often hidden and discrete, but now researchers are unearthing their powerful healing properties. Ewww. Fungi. That’s what many people are likely to say.

Natural Cancer Care
The importance of high-quality nutrition in the battle against cancer cannot be overstate.

Maitake
In Japanese, maitake (Grifola frondosa) means “dancing mushroo.

Protect Your Immune System
We can protect and strengthen our immunity by eating right, getting enough activity and rest, practising stress reduction, and cultivating healthy emotional states.

Profile of Dr. Andrew Weil
Andrew Weil is definitely changing the face of medicine. His familiar, white-bearded face has beamed at us from the cover of TIME magazine twice in the last nine years, most recently last October when his new book, Healthy Aging (Knopf, 2005) hit the stands.

Mmmushrooms
Just as they draw upon decaying matter to grow, mushrooms also draw, or absorb, toxins in the body and safely eliminate them. This detoxifying action makes the mushroom a valuable food for preventing disease. Studies show that the unique structure of the mushroom’s cell walls, specifically a sugar-protein combination, is mainly responsible for their health benefits.