mushrooms
Mushroom Science on the Rise for Immune Support
According to Gina Rivers Contla, national science educator, Host Defense Organic Mushrooms in Washington, market data demonstrates that immune support is a top consumer category. On a daily basis, people come into contact with over 2,000 compounds, including benzenes, formaldehyde, nitrosamines, hydrocarbons, petro-chemicals and xeno-estrogens, to name a few, that compromise and distress our natural ...
Medicinal Mushrooms
For over 2,000 years, mushrooms have been used as medicines. In fact, in September of 1991, a 5,300-year-old mummy in the Tyrolean Alps, was found along with his medicine kit that contained Piptoporus betulinus, a mushroom he probably used as a natural wormkiller and laxative.1 Edible mushroom extracts, especially those used in Chinese and Japanese ...
A Small Country Makes a Big Promise
Leading by example is exactly how a Himalayan country will promote all natural agricultural. The Kingdom of Bhutan announced its decision to produce only organic products at the Organic Trade Association’s (OTA) annual Policy Conference in Washington late last month. When asked why all organic, Kesang Tshomo, a coordinator with the Bhutan National Organic Program explained ...
In The Market For Mushrooms
As research supporting the medicinal benefits of mushrooms expands, retailers will find success in passing information to interested shoppers.When it comes to supplements, the beauty of attaining time-tested status is often found in the awareness of retailers and shoppers alike. Logically, if a product has broken into the market and enjoyed long-term success, even shaky ...
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