Fight Swine Flu With Mushrooms

[graywarrior]

Emailed to me from Newsmax Health

The ordinary white button mushroom can help you beat the swine flu with an immunity boost, researchers at Tufts University say.

This lowly fungus, which was thought for many years to have no medicinal or nutritional value, actually bolsters immunity systems, the researchers say.

The Tufts study, published in The Journal of Nutrition, showed that grocery-store button mushrooms have as much antioxidant oomph as more exotic Asian mushrooms, long-prized for their ability to heal and to prevent disease. Common button mushrooms also contain polysaccharides and ergothioneine, along with other substances that jump-start the immune system. And they raise levels of cytokines, which are hormone-like proteins that help defend against viruses and tumors, the study found.
How many mushrooms are enough, and how should they be prepared? Holistic health counselor Margie King suggests one-half cup serving a day for full health benefits. You can add them to stews and soups or just put them in tossed salads, she says.

Dietitian Glenn Cardwell calls mushrooms one of nature’s “true superfoods” and says, “While it is always tempting to reach for a quick fix vitamin or medical supplement, real food alternatives, such as the mushroom, are a healthier long term choice.”

[TZ]

1. Umm..I've got news for you...this is kind of junk science

Fighting off the flu has more to do with your ability of your antibodies to recognize a virus..so you could drink all the vitamin c you wanted or eat all the mushrooms you want but if your immune system has never encountered a pathogen (is "naive") and the "swine flu" is a TOTALLY novel influenza virus then there is
nothing you can do...I wish people would remeber what happened to the native populations of this country when they encountered brand new diseases like small pox..Wiped out because of their naive immune system.
This sounds like an advertisement actually.
So while mushrooms are gonna help you, they aren't going to fight off swine flu.
This is sophistaced snake oil salesmanship

[HopeHoops]

2. There are types of mushrooms that will make you not CARE about swine flu!

:hippie:

[NightWatcher]

3. screw the swine flu, I'm being chased by 100 ft purple pigs with fangs

it's all about perspective


Shroomin on a sunny afternoon

[HopeHoops]

4. Man, those must be some KICK ass truffles!

:hippie:

[kimmerspixelated]

5. Absolutely!

Mushrooms esp/certain varieties have been known to combat cancer, but the anti- alternative meds folks are quick to dismiss it.

[TZ]

6. considering you think cancer is caused by yeast

You are NOT credible.some mushrooms can help prevent cancer but they have little to no effect on cancer. I have thousands of studies on my side. My you can continue and be naive-I on the other hand refuse to let con artists take advantage of frightened and ignorant people. Some day you must explain why the natives of this country that had all your "cures" died in droves after be exposed to European diseases including flu. I don't care if you see me or not but as long as you post bullshit.I'll debunk it.

[kimmerspixelated]

7. Whatever was just said- I have no way of knowing.

If you are who I think you are- Honey you are on IGNORE, and have been that way since your last abrasive insulting remarks. You never learned to play nice, so really I could care less what you have to say!