Chaga

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I just started drinking this Chaga morning--not as bad as I thought. I just ran into a herbalist at the farmers market, yesterday, and bought some ground Chaga.






The “Gift from God”

Rather than soft like a mushroom, chaga is hard, almost as hard as wood. It is unique, nothing like common mushrooms. In fact, chaga is the most nutritionally dense of all tree growths. Known by the Siberians as the “Gift from God” and the “Mushroom of Immortality,” this vibrant growth has been used by humans to support health for thousands of years. The Japanese call it “The Diamond of the Forest,” while the Chinese deem it “King of Plants.” For the Chinese that is saying a lot, since they have an immense history with countless plants. Now, you can get the great powerful secret of the Orient through North American Herb & Spice’s wild chaga supplements. Despite this exceptional status, most Americans are unaware of it.

To survive in harsh climates, chaga concentrates natural compounds for its protection, and that is why it is so powerful. To strengthen the tree, as well as heal, it makes potent phytochemicals, including sterols, phenols, and enzymes. Researchers have inoculated sick trees with chaga to strengthen them. People benefit by consuming these forest-source phytochemicals and nutrients.

Nutrient dense

Chaga is powerful, because it contains the nutrients—the force of actual trees. Because of their special, biologically potent substances, trees live long, far longer than herbs. Some trees live as long as 10,000 years or more. Thus, they are the most powerful living beings in the world. Concentrating this power, chaga contains numerous B vitamins, flavonoids, phenols, minerals, and enzymes. It is also one of the world’s densest sources of pantothenic acid, and this vitamin is needed by the adrenal glands as well as digestive organs. It also contains riboflavin and niacin in significant amounts.

In particular, it is highly rich in special phenols which are pigment-like. These phenolic compounds are known as chromogenic complex. Chaga can be up to 30% chromogenic complex by weight. The chromogenic complex is highly protective for all tissues and is only found in chaga. In the cream base this chromogenic complex is hightly protective of the skin. Rubbed on the skin it even helps people develop a tan, because it contains the pigment melanin, the same pigment responsible for dark-colored skin.

Chaga contains wild-source minerals and is particularly high in copper, calcium, potassium, manganese, zinc, and iron. Yet, its most potent ingredient is a special substance known as superoxide dismutase (SOD). This is an enzyme with great potency. Its function is to halt oxidation, especially the toxicity of a free radical known as singlet oxygen. This is the type of oxygen which is responsible for oxidizing and damaging the tissues, which results in aging. It is the same oxygen which rusts a nail. SOD blocks this damage by quenching the singlet oxygen free radical. The SOD content per gram of chaga is exceedingly high and accounts for many of its historical powers. Tests performed on North American Herb & Spice’s wild chaga prove that it contains some 10,000 to 20,000 active SOD units per gram. This is an exceedingly high amount, far higher than that found even in typical SOD pills. The typical SOD pill contains from 200 to 2,000 units per serving. So the difference is considerable. Plus, the type in pills is virtually impossible to absorb, while the wild chaga type is well-utilized by the body.

Ancient Chinese regarded it as a longevity factor

Yet, here is the main thing you need to know. Chaga is a health food which supports the entire system. The Siberians drink it daily. This is why they are long-lived. The chaga drinker lives 85 to 100 years, while the non chaga-drinking person, the Inuit, lives only about 50 years. This proves that natural phytochemicals, the ones found in chaga, do make a difference. Yet, there is more traditional use that offers evidence. Ancient Chinese regarded it as a longevity factor, which is why they deemed it the most complete of all growths. Japanese and Koreans use it regularly, and look how powerful they are today. In much of Siberia, Russia, and Eastern Europe it is an essential beverage. While the U.S. government restricts medical claims, here is what can be said: chaga has been used as an essential whole food supplement for many years by Russia’s long-lived peasants, as well as long-lived villagers of Japan and Korea. These village people consume it as a daily beverage. They prefer it over common drinks such as tea and coffee. Because of its cleansing properties, in primitive Siberia the chaga drink was known as “soup water,” although its taste is a pleasant combination of tea and coffee.

Chaga is validated by Moscow’s Medical Academy of Science

In his book The Cancer Ward Alexander Solzhenitzyn wrote about the health benefits of chaga. His character in the novel took it with positive results. Regardless, chaga was then validated by Moscow’s Medical Academy of Science, 1955, and was extensively used by the public. It is one of Russia’s state secrets for power and strength and was heavily used by champion Russian athletes, who defeated all others, including the best teams America could offer. So, the Russians, Siberians, Poles, Romanians, Koreans, Japanese, and Chinese all use it. This alone shows the importance for Americans regarding this essential whole food.

Here is what the Russians discovered. They determined that certain plants help your body fight the effects of stress and disease. They called these plants adaptogens. They discovered that chaga is the most potent adaptogen known. This is why it is the basis for the fight against premature aging and for prevention of serious diseases. Now you too can experience the health benefits of wild chaga, the plant responsible for the exceptional health and long life of the Siberian tribes-people.

Wild chaga was found to be the most powerful adaptogen

Since the 1950s the government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), in conjunction with approximately 1,200 prominent scientists, conducted over 3,000 experiments involving 500,000 people to study the effects of adaptogens. An adaptogen is a substance which modifies the human body’s response to stress. The results of these studies were a protected Soviet secret for 40 years. The Soviet government commanded athletes, astronauts and other Soviet elite to take adaptogens on a daily basis to improve physical and mental work capacity. One of these adaptogens was chaga. In fact, of all these adaptogens, chaga was found to be the most powerful. It is now believed that up to 80% of all diseases are mainly due to stress.

Chaga is available in various and unique forms

Chaga is available in several forms, including sublingual emulsified drops, a chaga-birch bark tea (with purple maca), a pleasant, ready-to-drink beverage in an 8-ounce bottle, a delicious chocolate-like syrup, and face or body cream. Be sure to get the original chaga, which is truly wild and free of all chemicals and solvents. Get the power of wild, far northern nature. Get NAHS wild-harvested chaga. Accept no chaga imitations made commercially in labs—only buy real, wild forest chaga. “King of Herbs,” “Mushroom of Immortality,” “Diamond of the Forest,” “King of Plants,”and“Gift of God” say it all and only apply to truly wild chaga. This forest complex is truly incredible. A simple cup or two of this tea has a dramatic effect—without any stimulants. No matter which chaga product you take, you can feel the difference immediately. With NAHS chaga supplements, it is the real kind—not the vat-grown type from labs.

Unless it is the truly wild kind, as used exclusively by North American Herb & Spice, it can’t even be called chaga. Never be fooled. Get only the real chaga with North American Herb & Spice’s exclusive handpicked, handmade, wild chaga supplements.

Chaga gives you the strength that you need to function throughout the day

Relax with a cup of chaga beverage, or experience the power of the raw chaga drops under the tongue. Soothe yourself with the wild, raw chaga experience. Get the strength you need to make it through the day and much more. Feel the power of the wild forest though North American Herb & Spice’s chaga.

Experience the immense power of wild birch tree power. This is the energy and power of wild-source enzymes, notably SOD, peroxidase, and nucleases, as well as wild sterols, phenols, B vitamins, minerals, and much more. Take advantage of it for you, your loved ones, and anyone else in need.

http://www.chagaknowledge.com/chagabenefits.htm
 
I just started drinking this Chaga morning--not as bad as I thought. I just ran into a herbalist at the farmers market, yesterday, and bought some ground Chaga.

What did it taste like? Sounds like it would taste woody.
 
What did it taste like? Sounds like it would taste woody.

It has a very woodsy taste. I drank it with nothing in it. Some say you can put some maple syrup in it, if you prefer sweetness. I didn't think it needed it.


ETA:

On my second cup today...it actually taste like cinnamon to me.
 
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Anticancer effects of fraction isolated from fruiting bodies of Chaga medicinal mushroom, Inonotus obliquus (Pers.:Fr.) Pilát (Aphyllophoromycetideae): in vitro studies.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22135889


So when the scientific method is employed and the results indicate that the anecdotal reports might actually pan out, awesome suace. But when the scientific method indicate that the anecdotal reports are snake oil and lies, they're bought and paid for by evil entities although nobody can ever produce evidence of the alleged payments.


Weird.
 
So when the scientific method is employed and the results indicate that the anecdotal reports might actually pan out, awesome suace. But when the scientific method indicate that the anecdotal reports are snake oil and lies, they're bought and paid for by evil entities although nobody can ever produce evidence of the alleged payments.


Weird.

Well. I'd imagine that there may be a difference in the technical aspects of the selling point of your scribble here. Thousands of years of actual use (by people) and a trail to verify results as opposed to a few weeks in some company's controlled experiments with little to no extended private testing and folks running the thing fpassing through the revolving door that is the FDA and said company. You know?
 
I just started drinking this Chaga morning--not as bad as I thought. I just ran into a herbalist at the farmers market, yesterday, and bought some ground Chaga.

My grandmother was big on that stuff. I think she used to give it to me like soup or something.
 
Chaga Benefits That Are Not Found in Any Other Herb
Chaga benefits your body in unique ways. This edible mushroom provides a higher concentration of antioxidants than any other food and is an extremely good vegetarian source of amino acids. In addition to chaga’s high vitamin and mineral content, research has also proven it to have anti-cancer and anti-microbial effects.

Tom P. Vick


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Chaga is a type of mushroom that grows on birch trees in northern climates. It survives by extracting nutrients away from the birch tree and concentrating them into itself. The medicinal use of chaga was first documented over 4,600 years ago in Asia, and modern research is confirming its therapeutic qualities that natural healers have known to exist all along. Chaga benefits the body because the mushroom contains high concentrations of B vitamins, flavonoids, phenols, copper, calcium, potassium, manganese, zinc, and iron. Most notably, chaga contains the very powerful anti-oxidative enzyme called superoxide dismutase (SOD) in quantities over 10 times that of most SOD pills.[1]

What chaga provides that other herbs and vegetables do not

If you maintain a good paleo, vegetarian, vegan, or Mediterranean diet, then you are most likely satisfying your body’s need for 95% of the vitamins and minerals also found in chaga. What makes this herb most unique is its extremely high concentration of SOD. According to research conducted by Tufts University, and presented at the National Institute of Health’s Project Expo in 2003, chaga provides 20 times more active SOD than the next strongest medicinal mushroom (agaricus). The study also found that chaga has 3 times more antioxidant power than the next strongest food of any kind (wolf berry).[2] So according to the study, chaga is the #1 best antioxidant source in existence. Additionally, chaga provides 19 of the 20 amino acids required by humans, making it a valuable supplement for vegetarians and vegans.

Antioxidants and SOD are important for health and longevity

Free radicals are harmful molecules that contain unpaired electrons—which is unusual because electrons typically come in pairs. Thus they are highly reactive and can even scavenge electrons from other molecules making more free radicals. When this occurs in the body in excess, it results in damage to DNA, proteins, enzymes, and cell membranes. These effects can lead to numerous biological problems, including the initiation of cancerous tumors.[3] This is called oxidation and is the reason why foods rot, why animals age, and why metals rust. Antioxidants are molecules with extra electrons that can donate them to free radicals. This neutralizes the free radical, and renders it inert before it can cause damage. In the case of the enzyme SOD, superoxide dismutase is arguably the body’s most crucial antioxidant, as it is responsible for disarming the most dangerous free radicals of all: the highly reactive superoxide radicals. Thus, providing your body with a high concentration of antioxidants is essential to keeping your cells intact and healthy, and chaga is proven to be an excellent way of doing it.

Additional Chaga benefits: proven to destroy cancerous liver, lung, and colon cells in humans

A study published in the World Journal of Gastroenterology, researchers discovered that chaga extract causes cancerous liver cells to stop dividing. Higher doses of chaga extract were shown to kill nearly 60% of HepG2 cancerous cells.[4] The chaga does this by activating enzymes that cut apart portions of the cancerous cell, leading to cell-suicide. In another study, scientists found that chaga can also cause the death of cancerous lung and colon cells.[5] Both studies concluded that while the chaga extract was lethal to cancerous cells, it was completely safe for normal cells.

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