Enokitake (golden needle mushroom) keep you away from cancer
I had hot-pot for my dinner tonight, it’s my favorite food in a cold raining day, it makes me warm. There are three things you can always find in my hot-pot, lamb slices, shrimp dumpling and golden needle mushroom.
I remembered someone have told me that golden needle mushroom is good for our immune system and can keep us away from cancer, so I did a little bit of research. Here’s what I found, according to a research done by National University of Singapore, eating enokitake can destroy 95% of cancer cells in our body by boosting our immune system. (not sure the number is accurate, but you can find that enokitake is a great anticancer food on the internet easily) One of the substances in enokitake can trigger proliferation of our defensive cells, said professor Phan Hwai Chong of Yang Ming Research Center in Taiwan, healthy cells help eradicate cancer cells by outnumbering the cancer cells. American scientists proved that enokitake extract is able to destroy cancer cell by running tests on enokitake extract with human blood, done outside human body.
“Enokitake mushrooms possess antioxidants① like ergothioneine. Research at the National University of Singapore first published in 2005 stated that the stalk of the golden needle mushroom contains a large quantity of a protein, designated Five, which helps to regulate the immune system. Animal testing indicated possible uses for vaccines and cancer immunotherapy.② ” — en.wikipedia.org
Attentions:
Cooking time should be less than 3 minutes, or the healing property would be greatly diminished.
lupus erythematosus and arthritis patients should not eat enokitake frequently.
OK, here is a book I found on AMAZON, it talks about enokitake as well and also other anticancer diets.
I think it’s a great Anticancer book, check out its customer reviews by clicking this link: Anticancer: A New Way of Life
① Bao HN, Ushio H, Ohshima T. (Mar 2009), “Antioxidative activities of mushroom (Flammulina velutipes) extract added to bigeye tuna meat: dose-dependent efficacy and comparison with other biological antioxidants.”, J Food Sci. 74 (2): C162-9
Bao HN, Ushio H, Ohshima T. (Nov 2008), “Antioxidative activity and antidiscoloration efficacy of ergothioneine in mushroom (Flammulina velutipes) extract added to beef and fish meats.”, J Agric Food Chem. 56 (21): 10032-40,
② New look at two wonder mushrooms, National University of Singapore, 2005.
