YouTube excerpt in which a clinician discusses consuming mushrooms to support immunity and possibly longevity. The speaker lists specific mushrooms (turkey tail, reishi, maitake, oyster) and explains that mushroom polysaccharides—notably beta-glucans in the cell wall—are responsible for immune-supportive effects; regular consumption or supplementation may produce a lasting 'immune training' benefit lasting beyond active intake.
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So are there any mushrooms that we should be consuming to either improve the immune system or help us with longevity? What's. There's a lot of things out there.
There are a lot of things out there, Yeah. I mean, just thinking about the immune system generally, I think that if you're eating any mushroom on a daily basis, it's gonna have some kind of immune benefits. There's certain mushrooms that are more, I think, better researched for their immune benefits. Like turkey tail would be a big one. Reishi maitake oyster mushroom. It's really the. The polysaccharides in the mushroom cell wall that are going to be eliciting the strongest immune supportive benefit. And then if you're consuming mushrooms regularly or taking them as a supplement, that's also going to kind of support this immune training theory, where if you are consuming beta glucans on a regular basis for a period of time, maybe a month, that immune benefit will remain even when you're not taking the mushrooms or eating the mushrooms anymore for a period of time.