What are the potential health benefits of maitake mushrooms, considering their bioactive compounds and possible therapeutic effects?

Maitake mushroom is a fungus that has disease-fighting properties, as has been shown in several recent trials that were done. Let’s take a look at its benefits.

Benefits

• Supports the immune system

  • helps fight diseases

  • increases white blood cells

• Helps with insulin resistance and diabetes

• Shrinks tumors

• Decreases the bad type of estrogen

Where to get it

You can get it at a health food store or a grocery store. Additionally, there is a concentrated form made into tablets called Maitake D-Fraction.