Oh this sounds promising!
I love mushrooms but since we don’t digest fiber I wonder what a unique form of fiber has anything to do with health value. Or am I missing something?
There’s more in the article.
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They cover different types of fibers like pleuran (and related beta-glucans) and chitin which are all researched for many years now towards health benefits and you will find many academic papers which have often health benefit claims based on limited in vitro, in vivo or small patient trials but are never actually proven in relevant clinical studies (but it is good enough to hype in a non-scientific article)
I grew shiitakes from a kit I got at fungi.com, but they don’t do kits any more, although there’re lots of others selling kits. I got a lion’s mane from them too, and got not a lot, but a few big huge one.
For those who like scientific papers, here’s one from the NIH:
The Effect of Mushroom Dietary Fiber on the Gut Microbiota and Related Health Benefits
And there are good overall health benefits of mushroom articles on the Mayo Clinic and similar legitimate medical science based sites.
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Thanks for the links - I did some looking around too out of curiosity.
