Who would have thought that some types of mushroom hold magic health Magic Mushrooms Uk benefits? Research conducted by Research Associate Professor Min Zhang, School of Population Health at the University of Western Australia on the positive effects of eating mushrooms for women in China, proves that they do, The Agaricus family of mushrooms have a special magic, which has largely gone unnoticed, that may give us a healthy high.
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Joint research undertaken by Zhang from The University of Western Australia and Zhejiang University in China, found that eating mushrooms and drinking green tea may protect against breast cancer. Zhang reported that breast cancer was the most common type of cancer among women worldwide and that its rate was increasing in both developed and developing countries. Interestingly, the incidence of cancer in China was four or five times lower than in developed countries. The study hoped to show if this could be due to the use of dried and fresh mushrooms and green leaf tea in the traditional Chinese diet. Mushrooms, mushroom extracts and green tea had shown anti-carcinogenic properties which were thought to stimulate immune responsiveness against breast cancer.
The consumption of mushrooms and green tea by 2,000 women, aged from 20 to 87 in relatively affluent southeast China, was monitored. Half of the women were healthy and the others had confirmed breast cancer. On interview, it was found that fresh white button mushrooms,
