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Here is some interesting research about the Chaga Mushroom:

In 1958, scientific studies in Finland and Russia found the Chaga mushroom provided an epochal (significant change) effect in uterine, liver, breast, and gastric cancer, hypertension and diabetes.

The Gandodelan A-B in Chaga is responsible for blood sugar maintenance. Chaga activates the immunity system and arrests the excess production of allergen. Gandodelan A-B  lowers blood sugar content quickly in white mice clinical studies by 60-89% in seven hours.

The post-antibiotic world of Western Medicine is now beginning to study, evaluate, and test Chaga for the active compounds underlying its historically understood homeopathic benefits. As with many other natural medicinal foods and herbs, the modern medical and scientific community is coming to understand that whole supplements like Chaga, offer a complex balance of active compounds, delivery mineral structures, and co-agents, more effective to sustaining a healthy immune balance than isolated compounds synthesized from these natural products.

Scientists worldwide are now discovering the healing abilities of this ancient and noble remedy. In this century, there are over 1400 clinical and scientific research publications, and in vitro controlled studies devoted to Chaga and its effects, supporting medicinal mushrooms as an alternative to over-the-counter drugs and prescription medications.

Wild Siberian Chaga:

• Contains 215 Phytonutrients
• Contains Ergo sterol (Vitamin D2) not found in vegetables
• Contains complex immune activating compounds
• Contains Beta Glucans (Complex Carbohydrates or Polysaccides)
• Contains 29 Beta functions
• Contains Saponins, Sterols, Triterpenes, Butilinic Acid, SOD (super oxide) and Protein
• Contains Amino Acid Complexes and other trace minerals
• Contains compound Melanin, which restores a youthful appearance
• Has the highest antioxidant value ever recorded for a food or product
• Has been shown to increase human Natural Killer (NK) Cell activity by up to 300%

Arguably, the most well known western research conducted on the use of Chaga has been performed by Dr. Kirsti Kahlos and her team at School of Pharmacology, at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Dr. Kahlos' team conducted studies validating the immuno-modulating impact of Lanosterol-linked triterpenes effective as a flu-vaccination and for anti-tumor applications. Institutional studies at the University of Tokyo, Japan have determined effectiveness of Inotodials in the destruction of certain cancerous carcinosarcomas and mammary adenocarcinomas. The Melanin complex produced by the Chaga mushroom demonstrates high antioxidant and genoprotective effects ( Melanin Complex from Medicinal Mushroom Inonotus Obliquus, Journal of Medical Mushrooms, 2002, vol. 4) . The polysaccharide beta-glucan, also present in Chaga, is proven to be effective at inhibiting mutagenic and immuno-modulating effects of cancerous tumors by triggering immune system response ( SP Wasser, 2002,InstituteofEvolution,UniversityofHaifa,Israel).

Mushrooms are a flavorful and nutritious food group. Good sources of B-Vitamins Thiamine, Riboflavin and Niacin. They contain all the essential amino acids. Chaga is rich in minerals such as: Vitamin B1, B2 and B3 as well as Amino Acids. It contains Ergosterol (Vitamin D2), which is not found in vegetables and has low Caloric Value and High in Dietary Fibers.

Mushrooms have also been used for thousands of years as some of the most effective, yet benign, of many plants that formed the Oriental herbal tradition.