Shiitake: fascinating medicinal mushroom

Botanical: Lentinula edodes
Japanese: Shiitake
In Asia, Shiitake has been used as a food and as a vital mushroom for thousands of years. As a dietary supplement, the mushroom is said to be of importance for maintaining health, supporting a healthy cholesterol level and to contribute to a general activation of the immune system. Scientific research results of the last years place great emphasis on the intestinal health, the intestine associated immune system and the protection of cells and tissues.

Ingredients of the shiitake mushroom

Apart from vitamins and minerals, the Shiitake powder contains numerous organic substances such as glutamates, nucleotides, amino acids, peptides, organic acids and sugar compounds. Of special importance are lentinan and the alkaloid eritadenin. Lentinan, the bioactive beta-glucan fractions of Shiitake, are regarded as efficient stimulators of the immune system.

Why buy shiitake capsules?

• can activate the immune system
• protects cells and tissues
• popular for the intestinal health
• adaptogenic
• gluten-free, lactose-free, fructose-free
  
• vegetarian and vegan
  
• without magnesium stearate and silicon dioxide