045 - The Wonderful World of Mushrooms with Jeff Chilton
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English - October 28, 2019 21:30 - 1 hour - 43.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAlternative Health Health & Fitness alternativemedicine complimentarymedicine health healthadvice herbalmedicine holistic holistichealth naturalmedicine naturopath naturopathy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On today's podcast, I have the incredibly passionate and knowledgable Jeff Chilton talking all about the wonderful world of Mushrooms! Jeff studied Ethno-mycology at the University of Washington in the late sixties and in 1973 began a 10-year career as a large scale commercial mushroom grower. A founder of MycoMedia, which sponsored 4 mushroom conferences from 1979-1985, Jeff is the co-author of The Mushroom Cultivator, published in 1983. In 1989 Jeff established Nammex, the first company to supply medicinal mushroom extracts to the Nutritional Supplement industry. In 1997 he organized the first organic certification workshop for mushroom production in China.
I learnt so much in this episode, Jeff's enthusiasm is contagious and I'm excited about adding more mushrooms in my prescriptions as well as my own diet.
Some of the things you'll discover in this week's episode:
+ Jeff talks about why he got into growing mushrooms in the first place and how he began developing his company Nammex
+ Jeff defines what a mushroom is
+ What the difference between mushroom and mycelium is
+ The three different parts of the mushroom used in supplementation and what is the most beneficial
+ How to know you're purchasing a quality mushroom supplement
+ What the main active ingredients of medicinal mushrooms are
+ How to tell if you have a quality product
+ The functions of beta-glucans
+ The nutritional benefits of mushrooms
+ Advice for people wanting to grow mushrooms themselves
+ How you can incorporate them into your day to day life
+ AND SO MUCH MORE!!!