Reishi Mushroom Extract Experiences

[The Cardinal]

Does anyone have firsthand exeprience or knowledge with regard to Reishi mushroom extract? If so, I'd like to hear what you have to say with regard to dosage, brands, and effectiveness.

In a recent magazine interview, Charles Poliquin stated that Reishi mushroom extract is both a fat loss agent and anticatabolic. He further stated that while using Reshi, one of his trainees loss 2% bodyfat in one month without any other modifications to his diet or training regimen, which is very impressive.

 

[Jacob Creutzfeldt]

I read the same article too. I am curoious about dosages and reputable brands. He also mentioned using glycine for GH release. He must want to hype a supplement book he will soon sell.

 

[RideHard]

I read the same article and thought I give it a try. I'm taking 6 GNC brand reishi caps a day. Its only been a few days so no real feedback to report. I've search quite a bit for more info on doseages but I havent been able to find anything...
But for $17.00 for a month supply (less if you have a goldcard) I figured it was worth a try. Besides you can use GNC's return policy if you aren't satisfied, which I do quite often

Go Big

RideHard-

 

[collegiateLifter]

I read the same article and thought I give it a try. I'm taking 6 GNC brand reishi caps a day. Its only been a few days so no real feedback to report. I've search quite a bit for more info on doseages but I havent been able to find anything...
But for $17.00 for a month supply (less if you have a goldcard) I figured it was worth a try. Besides you can use GNC's return policy if you aren't satisfied, which I do quite often

Go Big

RideHard-

so what did you feel or get as results?

 

[mrzap]

You guys are doing shrooms for weight loss?

 

[riskybizz007]

Don't know about the anticatabolic properties, but I do take it to improve immune system function. Best way to take it as far as I've read is 6 weeks on and 6 weeks off. I can vouch definately for the better immune response.

 

[skirtchaser]

You guys are doing shrooms for weight loss?

I'm a very big fan of Magic Mushrooms and have recently done a lot of research on the medicinal properties of these powerful plants. The experts at my orgnanic health food store swear by the Reishi and the Cordyceps strain. I bought a super Reishi compound for my mom for Mother's Day -- very powerful stuff in so many areas. Furthermore, I purchased the Cordyceps for myself as it's known to be excellent for increasing athletic performance from a cardiovascular perspective. Do you guys remember the Chines Track team in the 70s when they broke all of those records? Well, everyone thought it was steroids, but they were using Cordyceps mushrooms.

By the way, these are medicinal mushrooms that have been used by ancient civilizations for centuries, and have proven themselves time and again. They are NOT hallucinogenic, but they are sooo powerful that they are able to reverse and correct problems in your body's immune system in addition to providing you with that zing that life seems to zap out of you! Just click this link for an example: http://fungi.com/mycomeds/capsules.html
The kind you want are the Cordyceps and/or Reishi strand. Another link for a quick overview is here:
http://www.coastherbal.com/MedicinalMushrooms.htm
Here's a good book review: http://book-reviews.info/Gardening_Book_Reviews/0961079800.shtml
And here's an article, "Medicinal mushrooms - A light in the Dark": http://www.nutraceuticalsworld.com/Oct012.htm

Just go to Google and you'll see some amazing literature about mushrooms. They simply are nature's most perfect and versatile plant...if ya know what I mean!

 

[TeemuKO]

Does anyone have firsthand exeprience or knowledge with regard to Reishi mushroom extract? If so, I'd like to hear what you have to say with regard to dosage, brands, and effectiveness.

In a recent magazine interview, Charles Poliquin stated that Reishi mushroom extract is both a fat loss agent and anticatabolic. He further stated that while using Reshi, one of his trainees loss 2% bodyfat in one month without any other modifications to his diet or training regimen, which is very impressive.

Hi.

I have firsthand experience and knowledge with reishi mushroom extract. You can study reishi articles yourself from Pubmed.com for example. Red reishi (Ganoderma Lucidum) is very intresting and potential nutritional supplement for many different things. It is a tree mushroom (grows on dead trees) and probably transforms some of trees superp ingredients to human edible form. Same kind of mushroom is Chaga (Inonotus Obliquus). Reishi has very high or highest meaning in TCM (traditional chinese medicine). TCM considers reishi as the king mushroom of immortality. Wild reishi grows usually on stump of a leafy tree. I have taken reishi extract supplements and made my own chaga extracts. These extracts are very safe but shouldn't be unerestimated. There are at least 7 herbal components in reishi such as germanium(known very good antioxidant), polysaccharides(gives long lasting energy), triterpene, Linghzi L Z 8, nucleosides and enzymes(aids digestion). It even contains a form of steroids but don't worry these steroids are not harmful or doping. Many atheletes have used reishi, chaga and cordyceps which is also potential supplement for exercicing. The beneficial effect of Reishi is probably multifactoral. I suggest that if you want to use reishi, start slowly (400mg) and increase the dosage as your body adopts to the ingredients. Just don't go higher than 1500mg per day although I haven't heard problems of Reishi overdose. If you use medication of some sort beware that reishi might have some sort complications with immunosuppressive drugs or lowering blood pressure drugs although some studies have shown that reishi has improved in some cases therapetically the condition of people tkaing immunosuppressive and lovering blood pressure (Check Pubmed). Most importantly listen to your body! Regularly it takes a week or ten days for body to adobt for Reishi so be patient the stuff usually delivers

Best products of Reishi are probably made by japanese goverment approved Reishi farmers. But I wouldn't buy right know from Japan because its difficult due to language problems and they just had a powerplant accident which may have impacted their reishi harvest. I have used Mushroom Science Reishi and Chaga and also New Chapters Reishi that I have bought from Iherb.com. If you haven't ordered from Iherb before you can use my coupon code EXI747 and you get 5 dollars off from the deal

iherb.com/Mushroom-Science-Reishi-Super-Strength-400-mg-90-Veggie-Caps/16425
iherb.com/New-Chapter-Organics-LifeShield-Reishi-60-Vcaps/22650

You can find more information of these products from the companies websites: NewChapter.com and MushroomScience.com

Beware that some companies make Reishi that is bad quality. Always buy good quality Reishi or don't buy at all.

I have found that Reishi keeps me sleeping better and I can recover faster to workouts. It keeps me more calm and it is a wonderful aid in my life busy life. Highly recommend. You can boost Reishi by taking it with good quality vitamin C (250-500mg).

Chaga gives nice stable energy due the day. Don't take Chaga in evening because it can keep you wake.

You can also go and collect your own Reishi (from forest that is not near of pollution) if can recognise the mushroom or can get help from someone who knows the mushroom for sure. Then you can make your own Reishi extracts. I would boil Reishi for couple of hours in water.

Hope this information was useful.