Maitake Mushroom Extract

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Lowers blood sugar levels

Regulates cholesterol levels
Modulates gut microbiome
Antioxidant
Liver protective
Female fertility support
Enhances immune function
Cancer support

(Hot Water Extract) Amount per Serving
Beta-Glucan At least 38 %
Polyphenols At least 1.2 %
Glucan Protein Ratio 2.5:1
1 serving of 1000mg (approx. ½ tsp) loose powder daily

Or 2 capsules daily

Or as advised by your health practitioner
Speak to your doctor if you are pregnant or breast feeding or if you take any prescribed medication before consuming this product.

Ingredients + Cultivation and extraction methods

Grifola frondosa hot water extract made with 100% fruiting bodies.

All our extracts are made using the optimal methods of cultivation and extraction, in line with current scientific research, in order to ensure the effectiveness of the final product. The active compounds, specific to each mushroom species and part being used, define the chosen extraction method. In maitake’s case, it is cultivated on sawdust logs, and the fruiting bodies are extracted with temperature controlled pressurised hot water. The next step is further purification using alcohol precipitation, thus increasing the levels of useful compounds, beta-glucans and glyco-proteins in particular. The resulting liquid is then spray dried, leaving a powder that is pure mushroom and of the highest potency and broadest achievable spectrum.

This product contains no fillers, no binders and no additives. It is naturally vegan, free of grain, gluten and soy.

We use vegan pullulan capsule shells derived from tapioca starch.

Current Research

Maitake is a polypore mushroom that grows on hardwood across the northern hemisphere. It is a prized edible in China and Japan, increasingly popular in Europe and North America, where it is also known as hen of the woods. Its Japanese name, maitake, means dancing mushroom, and it was the Japanese that perfected its cultivation method in the 1970s, previous to which maitake growing spots were well-kept secrets passed down generation to generation.

Maitake possesses a glycoprotein, more precisely an oligosaccharide-bound protein, that lowers blood pressure and cholesterol levels, benefitting sufferers of hypertension and heart disease. It is also an antidiabetic, insofar as its alpha-glucan influences insulin receptors and increases insulin sensitivity. Furthermore, it lowers blood sugar levels by inhibiting an enzyme that allows the absorption of sugars in the intestines and by modulating gut microbiota balance. Maitake’s regulation of microbiota populations may also protect against metabolic syndrome, obesity and fatty liver disease.

Maitake’s hepatoprotective action is further supported by its anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory actions.

Maitake is ptimal liver function is also essential for clearing out excess oestrogen, which is linked to numerous female reproductive health problems, including cancer. In a study on 80 polycystic ovary syndrome sufferers, women who failed to respond to the conventional drug treatment were able to ovulate with maitake, and those who wished to become pregnant were able to do so. Insulin resistance is often associated with PCOS and maitake’s success might be explained by its ability to regulate blood sugar levels. Reproductive health may be further benefitted by maitake’s antioxidant phenolic compounds.

Maitake increases the activity of several immune cells involved in the body’s natural response against cancer, as well as promoting cancerous cell death, decreasing cancer’s progression and effects on the body, and its recurrence following successful treatments. Some of the most promising research into maitake’s anti-cancer properties was focused on breast cancer, where it showed great potential in preventing and helping heal this disease.

Maitake was confirmed to have anti-HIV activity by Japanese and US researchers in a long-term human clinical trial. Patients showed increased sense of wellbeing and improvements in secondary diseases caused by HIV.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2887057/ hypertension and chronic metabolic perturbations

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/cpb1958/36/3/36_3_1000/_article/-char/ja/ blood pressure

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11520942/ cholesterol lowering

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9255420/ cholesterol

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24908430/ insulin resistance

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7820117/ anti-diabetic

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17430642/ alpha-glucan anti-diabetic, insulin sensitivity, anti-oxidative stress

https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/21/5302 grifola, fatty liver & microbiota

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2021.700058/full microbiota and fatty liver

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0278691519300948 microbiota and diabetes

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21034160/ pcos

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30586664/ dendric cells maturation