Red Reishi

There is a very good reason why I served healthy coffee, tea, hot chocolate and spirulina oat cereal to my Bed and Breakfast guests–it tastes good and it is good for them! The B & B is now closed but the importance of feeding your body nutritious food to keep it healthy and your mind alert still stands.

See the following excerpt:

Fri Dec 14, 9:37 am; Jerusalem (AFP) report:

“Israeli scientists claim that a wild mushroom, used in traditional Chinese medicine…could treat prostate cancer, the University of Haifa said Friday.

“Researchers at the University in northern Israel said they found molecules in the Ganoderma Lucidum mushroom, commonly known as the reishi, which help suppress some mechanisms involved in the progression of prostate cancer.

“‘We already knew the mushroom could impeed the development of cancer by affecting the immune system. The in-vitro trials [carried out to date only in Petri dishes] we have done show that it attacks the cancer cells directly,’ chief researcher Ben Zion Zaidman told AFP.

“‘These results give rise to hope about developing medication to treat prostate cancer…’…

“Prostate cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer among men, with more than 543,000 cases diagnosed worldwide each year.”