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"IF ONLY 20% of the beef consumed were replaced by fungal protein by 2050, THE WORLDWIDE DEFORESTATION WOULD BE HALVED."
If you follow my posts, you likely have heard me talk about eating more mushrooms...add to the diet everyday. This is practiced all over Asia, in eastern Europe, in parts of Africa.
When I studied at a traditional hospital in Hangzhou China in 1995 after getting my acupuncture license I saw many people with at least 3 types of mushrooms in their soups and stir-frys. Wood ear and shiitake are ubiquitous. Also clamshell, beech mushroom, oysters, button mushroom, and enoke mushrooms (Flammulina velutipes).
A new study I found today, "Mycelium vs. Fruiting Bodies of Edible Fungi—A Comparison of Metabolites" caught my interest because this topic is one of the major controversies in the natural products industry. Is mycelium or fruiting bodies better in products. I will share my findings on FB, based on the science. Bottom line is that some active compounds are higher in FB and some in Mycelium. The main question is to make sure your products have a lot of mycelium (and not brown rice residue) and/or FB. Not starch. Starch is starch, and you don't want to buy starch at $30/bottle or bag of powder. Always test your product with the starch test (iodine solution). Process is detailed with pictures in my book, Medicinal Mushrooms, the Essential Guide.
However, one statement in the article really grabbed me:
"A very recent study calculated that if only 20% of the beef consumed were replaced by fungal protein by 2050, the worldwide deforestation would be halved [97]. Less beef consumption means less pasture is required for grazing cattle, and fewer cattle would reduce the need for arable land to produce feed (or alternative plant proteins), which in turn would lead to less deforestation. Methane emission from rumination and nitrous oxide emissions from fertilisers and manure would also be reduced."
No matter whether you enjoy eating beef or not, we must moderate our intake and add more sustainable and forest-friendly sources of protein. Mushrooms are awesome in this respect, almost a perfect food. Sardines are sustainable. There are other choices. And this is also better for our own health personally, according to abundant research."
Many thanks friends for taking the time to read my post!
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Thank you Chris! I always love your posts and your books and of course a walk in the woods with you! Be and Be Well, Rebecca
Love your books and online classes. Thank you for all the information that you provide for us.
Gilles
Nice call Christopher
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Mushrooms as PREBIOTICS!
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Mushrooms have among the highest fiber content of any food (with TURKEY TAIL BEING THE HIGHEST, 60%) and this is important because the average person in the US and in europe get about 15 to 18% fiber. People in traditional cultures who don't eat a lot of processed food and only moderate animal products (animal products have zero fiber) get about 45-55 grams!
This amount of fiber turns out to be so vital for our health. Eating that much fiber can cut all chronic diseases by about 1/2.
Just as important, getting ample fiber of the right kind can diversify and selectively grow the most beneficial types of organisms in our gut.
Did you know that up to 80% of our body serotonin, a crucial neurotransmitter that regulates sleep, blood flow, sexual function, mood, and cognition are produced by our microflora
Turns out that the latest research shows that mushroom fiber is the best kind of complex fiber to get down into our lower gut and feed our microflora, for instance much better than oats. Beans and legumes are next best.
If you would like to discover many more benefits of mushrooms, how to make your own powders, even turning the tough turkey tail into edible food, how to pick the best products and test them, and the full range of their benefits that so many others are excited about, check out my 7-week course in Medicinal Mushrooms, which also goes along with my new award-winning book, Medicinal Mushrooms, the Essential Guide.
Link to check out the course is at the top.
Many thanks, hope to see you there!
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Hi Kayla, yes they are pre-recorded. I only do the live class 1x/year, but I will be offering shorter medicinal mushroom classes on my platform coming up by early summer. THanks!
I see the classes are live-streamed and then available for playback. Are the live-streamed classes truly live or a pre-recorded class? I’ve had both, advertised as live, so just checking for clarity. Thanks !
I loved your class today! Thank you! I am already looking forward to next week. It was so inspiring I made mushroom risotto for dinner ❤️🍄
I'm all signed up and ready! I read your first book years ago and have been using and promoting medicinal mushrooms ever since. I have your new book, but I haven't read it yet. I am really looking forward to the course!
Link, please. ☺️
I had to click on the photo, then it showed up 🤷♀️ theshiftnetwork.com/course/01CHobbs03_23
We moved over here to the Sac Valley from the Mountains of Mendo and was so sad to not have Turkey Tail- but after all this glorious rain I had some growing for the first time! Eeeee!
I have a question Dr. Hobbs. If you have been exposed to mold and gotten sick, are mushrooms safe? There seems to be a lot of controversy about this. I avoid yeast and I don't really know how safe fungus is to consume. Thanks!
Can turkey tail cure ibs
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Hi Friends,
Mushrooms! They are earthy, savory, versatile, and downright delicious in meals. We just found some Cloudy Funnel Mushrooms which are popping up all over (Clitocybe nebularis). These are very meaty and not bad tasting if well-cooked.
Best of all, they are loaded with immune-boosting and antiinflammatory beta-glucans! They also happend to the the worlds most efficient and beneficial PREBIOTICS.
Recent research shows that almost none of the mushroom fiber they contain in abundance (up to 60% in turkey tail fruiting bodies) is digested in the upper GI tract. Instead, it travels to the lower gut where our beneficial microflora feast on it. The researchers showed that when people added more mushrooms or mushroom fiber to their diet, their mood and memory were significantly enhanced.
This is likely because our gut microflora might produce about 90% of the body's serotonin!
Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that plays a number of important roles in the body, including regulating mood, sleep, and appetite. It is produced by cells in the brain and other parts of the body, including the gut. In fact, the gut is sometimes referred to as the "second brain" because of the large number of neurons that are found in the digestive tract and the important role that the gut plays in influencing mood and other aspects of mental health.
New research also shows that gut bacteria might produce other neurotransmitters as well.
Mushrooms have been used for thousands of years for their incredible health-promoting and medicinal and visionary properties.
There are thousands of edible mushroom species in the world and approximately 250+ of them have been identified as having healing properties.
East Asian traditions and Indigenous cultures have long embraced mushrooms to treat all manner of ailments — and now Westerners are recognizing their nutritional and medicinal superpowers for the body, mind, and even the spirit.
I believe that by incorporating mushrooms into our diets — fresh, cooked, or as dried adaptogens — we can help prevent and transform a myriad of debilitating issues.
On Tuesday, January 3, you’ll discover the scientifically supported benefits of making mushrooms a part of your daily regimen. I will share the ways these fungi can strengthen and fine-tune your immune system to help stave off cancer, prevent heart disease, keep bones healthy, improve digestion, aid cognitive function, and much more.
You can register here for Mushrooms as Medicine: How to Integrate the Science-Based, Practical Benefits of Mushrooms Into Your Diet, Healing Regimen & Spiritual Evolution: shiftnetwork.isrefer.com/go/mamCH/chrisrhobbs/
In this free one-hour event, you’ll discover:
• Ways to incorporate mushrooms on a dietary, medicinal, and transformational level — and how they serve as convincing alternatives to meat, protein powders, flavor enhancers, nutritional boosting powders, coffee, and more!
• The incredible immune-boosting and normalizing properties of mushrooms
• How new research shows that mushroom fiber is the most effective type of prebiotic fiber — which helps to regulate mood, immunity, blood circulation, sleep, and sexual function
• How a greater consumption of mushrooms can lessen the threat of many cancers by as much as 33%
• The ways in which fungi are essential for healthy growth and communication of all plants, including trees for the restoration of forests — and can help save our planet
Over the course of 60 minutes, you’ll discover the power of mushrooms as medicine — how they’re safe, with negligible side effects, and very inexpensive (and sometimes even free if you’re willing to hunt them yourself) to procure.
You can RSVP for free here: shiftnetwork.isrefer.com/go/mamCH/chrisrhobbs/
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P.S. In Mushrooms as Medicine: How to Integrate the Science-Based, Practical Benefits of Mushrooms Into Your Diet, Healing Regimen & Spiritual Evolution with me…
… you’ll learn how mushrooms are a cost-effective, enjoyable, yet highly experiential superfood that can help ward off disease, keep your immune system strong, sharpen your cognitive skills, and, in some cases, heighten your consciousness and lead to a deeply meaningful spiritual experience.
We hope you’re able to catch the event as scheduled. But if you register and miss it, you’ll receive a downloadable recording as soon as it’s available: shiftnetwork.isrefer.com/go/mamCH/chrisrhobbs/ ... See MoreSee Less
Mushrooms as Medicine
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Thanks for the excellent online presentation today. Who did you say offers mushroom foraging tours in Tibet?
Thank you for your nice presentation tonight. I signed up for the class, and recently, January 1st switched regular coffee for mushroom coffee. I look forward to learning how to make it myself, as I am buying it now and it has these mushrooms you spoke about in your presentation. Can't wait for it to get started.
Awesome. Signed up. Looking forward to hearing you speak as always. I wasn't prepared for the question on my interests. Is there another place I can submit questions? Thank you Dr Hobbs for your vital, relatable and thorough representation of an understudied kingdom of hope and healing. Honestly you should do lectures for the psilocybin crew. I can help. 🤣
I'll be watching 🙂
Yessss. Thank you!!
You don't look so good
Bullshit. They're always left in the woods. Animals won't eat them either
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The hand-painted Christmas tree ornament I found in a small market in Kiev, 2001. I was there for the first International Medicinal Mushroom Conference.
Was Santa really an Amanita muscaria shaman? Maybe not, but the colors match, the flying reindeers and jolly laugh all make for a great story!
I Loved the small markets walking the streets in Kiev with hand-made crafts of all kinds, trolls in a woodsy scene with lichens, dolls, and many other treasures.
I'm sending out love and best wishes to all my friends wherever you might be! Thinking of the Ukrainian people who were so friendly and hoping for PEACE and HEALING in 2023. I'm taking time today to be present in spirit with the Ukranian people, remembering the joy I felt to walk in the great botanical gardens in Kiev.
"Thankfullness finds its full measure in generosity of presence."
David Whyte
May your time with family and friends be joyful as well as a time of healing relationships as we beceome ever more conscious of the power of forgiveness and the awareness that LOVE is truly all that matters.
May the new year find you with increasing clarity of heart, mind, and purpose.
Your friend and community member,
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I love you Christopher. Have a fantastic, special peaceful new year ❤️😘 yes only love is enough to be happy 🥰. A big hug.
Thank you for sharing your experiences. Our prayers are with the gallant people in the Ukraine. I pray for peace, medical supples, food, warm clothing and shelter for all. May they achieve a good resolution soon. Merry Christmas, Christopher.
Have a beautiful Christmas and a Blessed New Year Christopher 🌿🙏🏼☺️
Merry Christmas Christopher!
You are a very special and dear man- best to you and your family in 2023.
Thank you for sharing these beautiful words that give food for thought. And we wish the same for you 🙏
Happy Holidays !!!
Happy holidays and a blessed New Year.
Green Blessings And Deep Healing to the people of Ukraine. My heart goes out to each of them wherever they are right now❤️
Thank you! Blessings for peace and love. Deep gratitude.💚🦚🌸🌱
Here’s mine! That’s a closed orange on the top
Wesołych świąt Bożego Narodzenia! Niech Bóg Tobie błogosławi Christopher... 🍄
Believe !!!
Happy holidays!
Emma Allison 😘❤️
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This is an offering from the Earth, a wonderful antibiotic that helps us stay away from corporate medicine.
You can read or download my booklet on medicinal lichens on my website, defined out much more.
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A number of species of usnea occur around the world.
Usnea longissima is used in Chinese medicine as a valued herb.
If you find some in the woods, you can harvest a few bunches. Make sure there is plenty around.
Best to dry it first, and tincture in strong alcohol, preferably 190 proof. Use the strongest type you can get.
I use Extractahol which is 190 proof organic, you can get on the web.
Blend it up well. Add just enough alcohol so that a half an inch of clear liquid is over the dried lichen.
Shake daily, and then squeeze out through a nut milk bag.
Add one ml, which is one dropper full, of the tincture into a little water and gargle, then swallow.
It actually tastes better if you add a little honey, making an elixir. these lichens are a powerful medicine, used all over the world or treating infections .
Gray green lichens are not toxic even if a different genus.
Stay away from orange or bright colored lichens.
Good to have on hand in your medicine chest.
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Looked for the article, but haven't found it. What section is it under? Thank you.
I love usnea!
Thanks for the demo of where the stretchy part is. Needed that!
Usnea is magic!
Donna Baumann 🙂
Thank you!
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Hawthron leaf and flower, as well as the fruits have many phenolic compounds that can protect the heart and vessels when taken regularly!
Best way is to make an elixir by tincturing the leaves and flower (highest concentrations of active phenolics, then add a simmered down tea concentrate of the fruits to add flavor and pectins which have antiinflammatory properties of their own. Blend the two and take 1-2 tsps daily.
Our HEART does a lot more than pump blood around our body! So hawthorn daily can be a great way to protect and support heart and vessel health, and the ancients knew this 2,000 years ago!
Recent research has identified cells in the heart that have functions of a mini cognitive center, "the Heart Brain."
"Research points to the heart and gut as being fully intelligent systems that are able to assess situations at a rate much faster than the conscious mind. In other words, not only does your heart respond to your brain, but your brain continuously responds to your heart." (Source of quote: Julie Rowin MD) ... See MoreSee Less
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If you make tincture with the berries, do it in a wide mouth jar, as the pectin makes it pretty solid! 😉
I have two trees in my yard and I live on Hawthorne Street! 🙂
And it tastes so good...
Yes!
Where can I get it? And how to use it? Thank you.
Rene Quenell serendipity?
it's also an ACE blocker , therefore, perhaps block viruses which enter through the ACE receptor sites!!! along with dandelion root
I Hawthorn in pill form worth taking?
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Many of us love CHOCOLATE!
and it's National Chocolate-covered anything day
And studies show it is healthy
Not the added sugar and fat though
That's why dark chocolate has become so popular...now it's a health food!
One caveat though.....
A new study shows that 23/28 brands of chocolate tested had high levels of heavy metals like lead and cadmium...oh no!
Long-term exposure to even small amounts of heavy metals can lead to health problems, like developmental problems and brain development in young children, experts say, and even in adults long-term exposure to the amount of heavy metals found in these bars could have toxic effects.
Five of the bars had much lower levels though showing that through careful manufacture and sourcing it is possible to produce a health bar.
Some leading brands were found to have 192% and 265% above the levels that California allows. California admittedly has fairly strict laws but allowed limits were determined through scientific studies.
Some of the healthy bars were Taza chocolate, Ghirardelli Intense dark chocolate delight and Valrhona Abinao dark chocolate. I have used Taza for years and definitely thought it was one of the best I've ever found, really does seem like medicine (85% serious dark chocolate). I have no financial or any other working relationship with these brands. I am no picking on any brands, only reporting the research results and my experience.
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Heavy metals found in dark chocolate including Hershey's and Trader Joe's
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My guess is that in the cultivation process of the cacao trees, fertilizers are used from grazing animals like cows. Cadmium and lead are in dust particles that settle on grass. When grazers browse on these, they biomagnify the heavy metals. Biomagnification is a concern around the world. That's one good reason to eat low on the food chain. Sardines ranther than tuna for instance.
Luckily I am not a big chocolate lover but have indulged in many of the Rand’s like Tony’s, Equal Exchange and Trader Joe’s. Thanks for sharing this.
Does anyone know why dark chocolate is so high in heavy metals? Are their additives to the bars? Or is it the land beans are grown on?
I had actually heard this about Trader Joe’s but glad to hear that taza is good.
I've been eating a lot of Trader Joe's 72% Dark Chocolate for years now. This CR report (lead 192%, Cadmium 36%) is a huge disappointment. I depended on TJ for high quality. I understand that it occurs through the harvesting process. I think TJ probably knew this but hasn't felt the need to change. Hopefully, this will bring attention to the product's safety issues. And, I'll be returning the bars I have in stock!
Highly dislike Hershey’s chocolate. Prefer German or Swiss made chocolate. Not only does it taste different, European chocolate makes you feel different.
Yeah I saw this one Chris! Chocolate as close to 100% as I can get, is a part of my daily diet. Oh well- I'm going to die anyway so it is what it is!😌
And I also use ceremonial Criollo chocolate with my micro dose. I wonder if it has all these heavy metals?
Good to know.
well, then...
Dale Cosgrove
try european chocolates, US additives are killer
Here’s a little info from the eu. food.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2019-03/cs_contaminants_catalogue_cadmium_chocolate_en.pdf
Thank you, definently worth knowing.
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Fantastic MUSHROOM AISLE in Monterey Market! Lion's mane, Oysters, Wood Ear and more. ... See MoreSee Less
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Love the Monterey Market so much!
@mycopetri on Instagram_ is one of the best online mushrooms 🍄💊🍫☘️ having been into business for 9 years their delivery is superb. There’s just no way will regret shopping with en.!https://instagram.com/mycopetri
The Monterey Market is phenomenal!
Right next to the peppers! Love it!
Hope you get a chance to enjoy the food at Cafe Fina! Tell Dominic I sent you.
Love ours in Berkeley!
In Japan they had a whole aisle in a grocery store with mushrooms 
Dr. Christopher Hobbs I see them at my local Asian market but they are not organic. What are your thoughts on whether this is necessary? My same question applies for their gobo (burdock root)?
I heard you speak as part of the Mountain Rose herb webinar. I have a question. Can you suggest herbs for hand contracture problems? I was recently diagnosed with Scleroderma and Sjogrens, two auto immune diseases.
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Gauting forest
I love this ❤️
Love this 💚🍄
Beautiful dream
How did you create this?
Can you make this pic shareable?
Nice painting !! Muskaras?
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שלי כהן
Beautiful…
Kool 🥰
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