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A Short Guide to Functional Mushrooms

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  New health trends emerge every day and start taking over the market. One of these trends encompasses Essential Mushrooms  or functional mushrooms. Now, when you look at the history of these seemingly magical fungi, you cannot consider them a true fad. After all, functional mushrooms have been around for centuries, even though they have recently started attracting attention in Western countries. Functional mushrooms gained fame for their medicinal purposes, and they have been used for thousands of years in several Asian nations. Continue reading to uncover the secrets of functional mushrooms and discover why you should join the fungi bandwagon. About Functional Mushrooms When someone mentions the term “functional mushroom,” they do not refer to white button mushrooms that you can find and buy from your local grocery store. Functional mushrooms refer to rarer fungi growing in dense forests, on fallen trees, high on the Himalayan plateau, or on the heads of insects. According t...

Are Functional Mushrooms Good for Pets?

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  Mushrooms are becoming increasingly popular as a functional food and a powerful ally in the toolbox of holistic medicines and with good reason. There is enough historical data going back thousands of years supporting the benefits of mushrooms in the diet. Peer-reviewed studies are growing, too, with over 2,000 results for “medicinal mushrooms.” Mushrooms can benefit your companion animals as much as they benefit you! Fungi are their heyday, and the potential for mushrooms to benefit your four-legged family members is significant. Before you buy functional mushroom supplements   for pets, though, you should go through the information provided here. Reasons to Feed Mushrooms to Pets The benefits of mushrooms are vast and far-reaching, with each variety of fungi having its own exclusive properties and organ targets. However, there are beneficial features of mushrooms, and they are common to all of them. For as long as they evolved, animals encountered the immune-stimulating eff...