With a unique flavor alternately described as lobster or shrimp, the gourmet mushroom Lion's Mane (Hericium erinaceus) with its out-of-this-world showy display of cascading 'teeth' also possesses singular medicinal properties - stimulating myelin and nerve regeneration [150, 151] - which upon further study may prove beneficial in a whole series of neurological conditions. Paul Stamets suggests the possible usefulness of Hericium erinaceus extract in conditions such as Alzheimer's, muscular dystrophy, M.S. and dementia. [134]

This is probably the supreme claim for acai (ah-sigh-ee) is the excellent energy boosting properties of the berry juice and supplements that have been confirmed by many who have used it. Many claim to notice the results in just one or two weeks of the intake of the product. The feedback of the users suggest increased sound sleep, sharp mental skills and digestion.

In 1993, Japanese mycologists discovered and began to cultivate a new medicinal mushroom found in the fields northwest of Sao Paolo, Brazil. Best known by its Latin name as Agaricus blazei, it has rapidly become one of the top five most sought after medicinal mushrooms in the world.

The natural diet is also known as a raw food diet. In this diet the only foods you eat are uncooked and unprocessed plant foods, such as nuts, fresh fruit, sprouts, vegetables, dried fruit, seeds, beans, grains and seaweed. About 75% of all of the foods you eats should be live foods or raw foods.

If you discover a black, cancerous mass on a birch, you may be looking at a Siberian chaga mushroom. It can also, less commonly, be found growing ash, beech, elm or hornbeam.

Is a lack of sleep thwarting your best weight loss efforts? There is much evidence to suggest that a lack of sleep goes hand-in-hand with weight gain. But first, it is important to address why you arent sleeping well. Is your stress level or caffeine intake to blame? Or is your sleeplessness due to a common but very serious condition called sleep apnea? Sleep apnea can affect weight loss, hunger and hormone activity in a number of ways, thwarting your best efforts to maintain a healthy weight.

With a unique flavor alternately described as lobster or shrimp, the gourmet mushroom Lion's Mane (Hericium erinaceus) with its out-of-this-world showy display of cascading 'teeth' also possesses singular medicinal properties - stimulating myelin and nerve regeneration [150, 151] - which upon further study may prove beneficial in a whole series of neurological conditions. Paul Stamets suggests the possible usefulness of Hericium erinaceus extract in conditions such as Alzheimer's, muscular dystrophy, M.S. and dementia. [134]

Known in English as Turkey Tail, Coriolus versicolor is a contender for the title "World's Most Common Mushroom." You can find it from tropical rain forests to the Siberian taiga, feasting on dead wood.

In its natural habitat, Cordyceps sinensis is a small fungus that parasitizes on one particular species of caterpillar at high elevations of the Tibetan plateau. [1] Thousands of such unimposing species in similarly remote locations are not yet even discovered or described by western science. So it is highly surprising that Cordyceps is even known and discovered, let alone that its become one of the most sought after medicinal fungi in the world.

The most effective diet on the market today is the HCG Diet. It is a very low calorie diet limiting dedicated dieters to 500 calories per day. In addition dieters are expected to refrain from strenuous exercise and intake the required amounts of HCG (a natural substance with no side effects that makes functioning on the low calorie diet possible).