Monday, 23 February 2015 10:11

Are Mushrooms Good for Your Heart?

Are Mushrooms Good for Your Heart?
Mushrooms are a great natural way to lower your blood pressure and cholesterol while boosting your immunity.
Mushrooms have been praised in Eastern cultures for many years because of the amazing benefits they have on your health. Packed with minerals, antioxidants, and powerful nutrients like calcium and vitamin D, many doctors and scientists have found mushrooms can aid in fighting cancer, weight loss, boosting your immunity, and lowering your risk of heart disease.

Even though it may be hard to get past the texture and earthy taste, mushrooms can be incorporated into many foods to help add an extra nutritional punch and boost to your health.

How can mushrooms contribute to good cardiovascular health?
  • Lower blood pressure
  • Lower cholesterol
  • Boost your immune system
  • Maintain cardiovascular elasticity
Which mushrooms are best to achieve these benefits?

Dr. Sandra Carter and Steve Farrar join Dr. Mike to discuss the health benefits associated with mushrooms, as well as why you should try to incorporate them in your diet.

Additional Info

  • Segment Number: 2
  • Audio File: healthy_talk/1509ht1b.mp3
  • Featured Speaker: Sandra Carter, PhD & Steve Farrar, MSc
  • Guest Website: Mushroom Matrix
  • Guest Bio: Dr Carter Steve FarrarSandra Carter, MPH, PhD, is no stranger to helping people achieve optimal health and well-being through good daily habits and nutrition. She has held roles in every department of the health industry from sponsored research director and director of corporate and community programs to hospital administrator.

    While attending the Scripps Integrative Medicine Supplement Conference, Carter connected with mycologist Steve Farrar who was a mushroom extraordinaire. Since that day, she has made it her mission to educate Western cultures on the benefits of mushrooms and how to incorporate them into your diet.

    Since obtaining his Masters in Horticulture from Washington State University in 1982, Steve has applied his expertise to the development of production methodologies for both fresh and mycelia mass mushrooms products.

    Steve developed proprietary Solid State Fermentation methodology and equipment for the production of medicinal mushrooms on organic substrate and has traveled worldwide to evaluate, select and obtain fungal tissue cultures for propagation and production of Antrodia camphorata, Agaricus blazei, Cordyceps militaris, Ganoderma lucidum, Grifola frondosa, Hercium erinaceus, Hypsizygus marmoreus, Lentinula edodes, Pleurotus eryngii and Trametes versicolor medicinal mushroom species.

    He is sought out as a speaker and consultant for his expertise in the mycological kingdom and its application for health and the environment.
  • Length (mins): 10
  • Waiver Received: No
  • Host: Mike Smith, MD
Published in Healthy Talk w/ Dr. Michael Smith
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