Sep 22, 2020
“The worst part about those grain-based mushroom products is that they can have all of those ‘merit badges’, organically certified, gluten free, kosher, and it still wouldn’t be great.”
-Jeff Chilton
Jeff Chilton studied
Ethno-mycology at the University of Washington in the late sixties
and in 1973 began a 10 year career as a large scale commercial
mushroom grower. Jeff is the co- author of The Mushroom Cultivator.
In 1989 Jeff established Nammex, the first company to supply
medicinal mushroom extracts to the Nutritional Supplement industry.
In 1997 he organized the first organic certification workshop for
mushroom production in China.
Jeff
is a founding member of the World Society for Mushroom Biology and
Mushroom Products and a Member of the International Society for
Mushroom Science. Nammex extracts are noted for their high quality
based on scientific analysis of the active compounds. In today’s
talk we delve into mushrooms and how they can be used to help our
bones and overall health. Jeff gives great tips on what to look for
when purchasing mushrooms and mushroom
supplements.
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Timestamps:
[02:04] Jeff Chilton Introduction
[06:43] Medicinal properties of mushrooms
[14:24] Mushrooms role in immunity
[20:02] Choosing organic mushrooms
[26:58] What to look for when buying mushrooms
[34:23] Using mushrooms as supplementation
[41:12] Looking closer at ingredients in mushroom supplementation
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