News you can use on AHCC

[Guest guest]

AHCC is a product being marketed as a complementary treatment

for cancer and it's been hinted for HIV as well. The product is

touted to dramatically increase your NK (Natural Killer) cell count

to fight off infection and prevent disease, and perhaps fight cancer

too.

Here is my amazing story about AHCC. AHCC is an acronym for

ACTIVE HEXOSE CORRELATED COMPOUND. Now , the maketers of this product

are down in Arizona and associated with one of Lanelab's

partnerships . They claim that this compound is ''patented'' by the

Japanese etc. etc. etc.. It's a product being marketed on MLM

(multilevel marketing basis) so you will hear all kinds of wild

stories about it and a price to with it.

Now here is some news about AHCC you can use and possibly save

lots of money. AHCC is a compound derived from the Shittake Mushroom

and that is it. That is the whole story, the whole ball of wax. I

don't know about where you are but here in the States you

can buy 10 kilo bags of these dried mushrooms for just a few dollars

and can eat them every night of the week. Even people who do not live

near a Chinese store can buy them in bulk on the internet or at

wholesale stores like COSTCO and BJ'S.

AHCC is not a scam. The scam is in the marketing of this product

without telling you what it really is and where it comes

from. There are a lot of products like this that originate in Japan

and then marketed in the U.S. for big dollars, usually out of many

obscure partnerships in Arizona. They claim to have done

something ''special'' to it and have some kind of secret formula but

in reality, AHCC is nothing more than extract of the Shittake

Mushroom which is cheap and plentiful, unless you live in Japan. The

OSATO corp. of Ca. is selling some Papaya extract on the same

principle, that they have some special formula or that the papaya has

had something special done to it. In the end, you are taking Papaya

in a pill form and paying a steep price for it.

Some things you may find useful about statements originating

out of Japan through their surragates in the U.S.. When I was in

Japan back in 1985 , a honeydew melon costing about 1 U.S. dollar

cost 40 U.S. dollars in Japan. That should give you an idea of what

the poor Japanese have to put up with. Around the same time American

manufacturers of ski equipment were having a terrible time attempting

to sell their products in Japan and the Japanese are very avid skiers.

Thier excuse , or reasoning was that American skis did not work well

on Japanese snow! That is not an exaggeration but exactly what

one of their trade ministers said at a trade conference. My point is

that the Japan, and a country in Europe whose name I will not

mention, have a perchant for generally making a very big deal out of

nothing. You end up paying unbelievable prices for mundane everyday

items because of the way they are marketed and not on substance as to

what they are and would cost in any free market with the B.S. and

fancy names removed. Lots of blustering and lots of hype but not much

on substance. I never bought any Shittake Mushrooms when I was in

Japan because back in those days I was more interested in having a

few drinks and chasing the women but i've a feeling they are probably

pretty damned expensive for the Japanese no matter how you cut it.

If I were any of you and if I were interested in this product,I would

buy bushels of Shittake Mushrooms and eat them in your soups or as a

side dish with your meals. I love them and eat them all the time. The

product, AHCC , is supposed to raise dramatically your NK (natural

killer) cells. Something I imagine you could test by having some

blood work done and then taking AHCC for several months. You could

then do the same thing by just eating Shittake Mushrooms and see if

you get the same results. Would definitely be a good experiment if

you had the time and money. Unfortunately I have no medical insurance

so it won't be me.

There is in fact quite a bit in Chinese literature that refers

to the immune enhancing effects of Shittake Mushroom, which is why

the Japanese company took an interest in them in the first place.

BOB

[Guest guest]

AHCC is a product being marketed as a complementary treatment

for cancer and it's been hinted for HIV as well. The product is

touted to dramatically increase your NK (Natural Killer) cell count

to fight off infection and prevent disease, and perhaps fight cancer

too.

Here is my amazing story about AHCC. AHCC is an acronym for

ACTIVE HEXOSE CORRELATED COMPOUND. Now , the maketers of this product

are down in Arizona and associated with one of Lanelab's

partnerships . They claim that this compound is ''patented'' by the

Japanese etc. etc. etc.. It's a product being marketed on MLM

(multilevel marketing basis) so you will hear all kinds of wild

stories about it and a price to with it.

Now here is some news about AHCC you can use and possibly save

lots of money. AHCC is a compound derived from the Shittake Mushroom

and that is it. That is the whole story, the whole ball of wax. I

don't know about where you are but here in the States you

can buy 10 kilo bags of these dried mushrooms for just a few dollars

and can eat them every night of the week. Even people who do not live

near a Chinese store can buy them in bulk on the internet or at

wholesale stores like COSTCO and BJ'S.

AHCC is not a scam. The scam is in the marketing of this product

without telling you what it really is and where it comes

from. There are a lot of products like this that originate in Japan

and then marketed in the U.S. for big dollars, usually out of many

obscure partnerships in Arizona. They claim to have done

something ''special'' to it and have some kind of secret formula but

in reality, AHCC is nothing more than extract of the Shittake

Mushroom which is cheap and plentiful, unless you live in Japan. The

OSATO corp. of Ca. is selling some Papaya extract on the same

principle, that they have some special formula or that the papaya has

had something special done to it. In the end, you are taking Papaya

in a pill form and paying a steep price for it.

Some things you may find useful about statements originating

out of Japan through their surragates in the U.S.. When I was in

Japan back in 1985 , a honeydew melon costing about 1 U.S. dollar

cost 40 U.S. dollars in Japan. That should give you an idea of what

the poor Japanese have to put up with. Around the same time American

manufacturers of ski equipment were having a terrible time attempting

to sell their products in Japan and the Japanese are very avid skiers.

Thier excuse , or reasoning was that American skis did not work well

on Japanese snow! That is not an exaggeration but exactly what

one of their trade ministers said at a trade conference. My point is

that the Japan, and a country in Europe whose name I will not

mention, have a perchant for generally making a very big deal out of

nothing. You end up paying unbelievable prices for mundane everyday

items because of the way they are marketed and not on substance as to

what they are and would cost in any free market with the B.S. and

fancy names removed. Lots of blustering and lots of hype but not much

on substance. I never bought any Shittake Mushrooms when I was in

Japan because back in those days I was more interested in having a

few drinks and chasing the women but i've a feeling they are probably

pretty damned expensive for the Japanese no matter how you cut it.

If I were any of you and if I were interested in this product,I would

buy bushels of Shittake Mushrooms and eat them in your soups or as a

side dish with your meals. I love them and eat them all the time. The

product, AHCC , is supposed to raise dramatically your NK (natural

killer) cells. Something I imagine you could test by having some

blood work done and then taking AHCC for several months. You could

then do the same thing by just eating Shittake Mushrooms and see if

you get the same results. Would definitely be a good experiment if

you had the time and money. Unfortunately I have no medical insurance

so it won't be me.

There is in fact quite a bit in Chinese literature that refers

to the immune enhancing effects of Shittake Mushroom, which is why

the Japanese company took an interest in them in the first place.

BOB