I Love Mushrooms
🍄 The amazing healing power of mushrooms 🍄
Mushrooms are fascinating. Although some are edible and grocery stores sell them in their “vegetable” aisles, they aren’t actually vegetables. They are actually fungi, a kingdom all of its own, alongside those of plants and animals in biological classificationes. Edible mushrooms — both cultivated and wild species — contain a high amount of dietary fiber, antioxidants, and protein, as well as vitamins and minerals. Research has shown the following benefits (of mycelium, which is the vegetative part of a fungus or fungus-like bacterial colony, consisting of a mass of branching) on the immune system :
- increase innate immune cells for protection
- activate white blood cells for immune strength
- regulate immune cell compounds for a balanced immune response
Other than these benefits on the immune system, fungi also helps to prevent Alzheimer's and Dementia. For example Lion’s mane mushrooms contain compounds that stimulate the growth of brain cells and protect them from damage caused by Alzheimer’s disease.
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