"I think the immune function of the mushrooms that drew me back to them after all those years, that they were like an animal turned inside out as far as immunity goes. We live with rotten stuff on the inside, and they live embedded in rotting stuff. So they have to have mechanisms that allow them to not be destroyed by all of these toxins and pathogens in their environment. And what they live in is essentially what we have to deal with in our intestine. And for many years, as long as anything, I've been interested in endotoxin." - Ray Peat[1]
"The effects of mushrooms on cancer are parallel to those of progesterone, inhibiting a wide variety of cancer promoting mechanisms. One of the major mushroom sterols, ergosterol, has been identified as an anticancer agent . Besides the cell-stabilizing trehalose and steroids, mushrooms contain a variety of flavonoids, including some that are found in citrus fruits, such as rutin, luteolin, and apigenin." - Ray Peat [2]
- Reduces endotoxin load in the gut
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