Maitake Mushrooms (Grifola frondosa)

Mushrooms have been eaten as food and used as a healing aid since prehistory starting

<p dir="auto">in the Neolithic period. They were first found in in the prehistoric lake dwellings in<br /> Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. Truffles were found in Greece and Rome where<br /> they cultivated the small Agrocybe aegerita on pieces of poplar trunks. In China and<br /> Japan, shitake mushrooms were grown on rotting logs. In 1678, a French botanist<br /> demonstrated the cultivation of mushrooms by transplanting their mycelia. <h2>Mushrooms thin the blood. <p dir="auto">Maitake, oyster, and other mushrooms<br /> reduce blood clotting, essentially<br /> “thinning” the blood. This, in turn, means<br /> an easier job for the heart in pumping the<br /> blood through our arteries. “Thinner”<br /> blood means reduced risk of blockages<br /> caused by clots. <p dir="auto">_____________------000-----____________ <pre><code> Maitake Mushrooms (Grifola frondosa) <p dir="auto"><img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmaDEYXgssiJXZYmPB6iVFHuMr6UaG9dVKo4xchdqxV4bH/IMG_201812365_024627.png" alt="IMG_201812365_024627.png" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmaDEYXgssiJXZYmPB6iVFHuMr6UaG9dVKo4xchdqxV4bH/IMG_201812365_024627.png 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmaDEYXgssiJXZYmPB6iVFHuMr6UaG9dVKo4xchdqxV4bH/IMG_201812365_024627.png 2x" /> <h3>Maitake is another delicious and medicinal mushroom. While most studies looking into how <p dir="auto">maitake improves blood sugar regulation have been done in rats or on cells in a dish, the<br /> mushroom does appear to work similarly in people. A couple ways maitake may lower high<br /> blood sugar levels include improving insulin activity and slowing starch digestion.<br /> An increasing cause of infertility, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is often related to<br /> insulin resistance, where there are excess levels of insulin in the body driving sex hormone<br /> imbalances. Maitake improved ovarian function in women with PCOS, possibly through<br /> better blood sugar and insulin regulation.<br /> You can take maitake as a mushroom powder or tea, but why not just eat it? Like Lion’s<br /> Mane, you can also grow it yourself. <p dir="auto">Cortesía de Mushroom of Medicine, Ebook. page # 21. <p dir="auto">By Basmati. <p dir="auto">Gracias y Feliz Navidad.