What are they and why do we talk about medicinal mushrooms? Dr. Lacosta responds
Marta Hifas |
"The world of mushrooms is an exciting world and the more they are studied, the more interesting things come out". These are the words with which Dr. Pilar Lacosta opened the health and well -being section in the television magacin of Let's see.
In Castilla y León, one of the most passion communities there are about mycology, the collaborator of the program and specialist in cosmetic medicine, put on the table one of the most unknown properties of mushrooms: their therapeutic capacity.
Dr. Lacosta's health space
As he pointed out, «They contain the twenty essential amino acids, but also vitamin C, vitamin K, vitamin B»... substances that complement vegan diets and help in case of osteoporosis or memory problems.
Wying finer, the doctor explained that they count other compounds that make them immunoregulators, a "fantastic" property, especially in autoimmune and asthma pathologies.
Although the mushroom is the most consumed fungus, Dr. Lacosta spoke of the Reishi, Shiitake and Maitake as "the three kings in the field of oncology." Thus, one of the R&D projects of Hifas da Terra - and in which the University of Vigo - in which The cytotoxic activity of the Reishi and the Maitake is investigated in colon cancer.
Thanks to the health space of Let's see And to the intervention of Dr. Lacosta, our neighbors in Castilla y León have been able to discover live and live that there is a lot of knowledge behind these small delicacies and, above all, research projects that will help in the treatment of some diseases.
