(Antioxidant)
Shiitake /SHiˈtäkē/
Shiitake mushrooms are known for helping to reduce inflammation within the human body’s intestine. This mushroom also contains vitamin D. Cholesterol is helped on a massive scale with this particular mushroom. It balances the lipids, H D L and the L D L cholesterol. This balance is vitally important for the heart to keep doing its job at its best level. This mushroom encourages these three to maintain its health, so that there is either less or no build-up of plaque within the walls of the body’s arteries. This is important to keep the heart working at its best, so that heart disease perhaps will not develop.
Fiber is also present in this particular mushroom. Fiber helps the gastrointestinal tract to digest all its food properly. This encourages healthy blood vessels to remain that way, as well as a reduction in inflammation inside a person’s body. This is great news!
The shiitake mushroom is a perfectly natural way to help keep one’s bodily systems working well.
References
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/shiitake-mushrooms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiitake
https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-680/shiitake-mushroom
https://www.verywellfit.com/the-health-benefits-of-shiitake-mushrooms-89077
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6302894/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25866155/
Books
HEALTH AND NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS SHIITAKE MUSHROOM: Revealing the Medicinal Secrets of Shiitake Mushroom by Daniels Ross Ph.D.
Shiitake: The Healing Mushroom by Kenneth Jones
SHIITAKE MUSHROOM: A book guide to the usefulness, health benefits, and medical usage of shiitake mushroom by Mark Thomas
The Health Benefits of Medicinal Mushrooms by Dr. Mark N. Stingler
Lingzhi: From Mystery to Science by Lin Zhi-Bin
Healing Mushrooms: A Practical and Culinary Guide to Using Mushrooms for Whole Body Health by Tero Isokauppila
Medicinal Mushrooms by Christopher Hobbs