Mushrooms May Help Fight Cancer
The headline makes it sound like psilocybin is the magic ingredient here, but it’s not. The mushrooms in this story are magic for another reason.
I’m happy to see shiitake mushrooms mentioned; they’re my favourites. The best way to prepare them is to grill them over a campfire, sprinkle them with a little salt and eat them to the sound of crickets and a nearby river.
Magic Mushrooms Help Fight Cancer
cosmiverse.comDr Richard Sullivan, Cancer Research UK told the BBC about their research: “Medicinal mushrooms” may also be able to relieve the side-effects suffered by patients with advanced cancer, he said.
Sullivan went on to explain, “A vast amount of information has been collated which suggests that compounds derived from mushrooms could have a hugely beneficial influence on the way cancer is treated.”
All edible mushrooms are not created equally, however. Extracts of rarer mushrooms such as shiitake, enoke and oyster may be beneficial, while the humble British button or flat mushroom is likely to possess none of these abilities.
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Posted to Oh, the Humanity • 2002.08.21 (Wed) • 19:54
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