Shiitake Mushrooms Shrink Tumors/holistic care

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Hello and A Happy New Year to Carla

and

to All of the LOL!

Dear :

Shiitake mushrooms, according to your excerpt, would sound like a miraculous

panacea, a remedy for everything and any condition that could possibly affect

anyone ever!

Didn't your Mama ever tell you if something SOUNDED too good to be true, it

usually was!? :-)

I, too, remember reading about shiitake mushrooms and their possible

nutritional/medicinal value particularly in enhancing the immune system and

slowing

the development of malignant tumors. I'm sure they are many beneficial

properties that I may not be aware of.

OK-But, can they eliminate uterine fibroid tumors?

Call me a cynic...but....

But let's start with those so-called " antifungal properties " you cited in

your post . .

Objection!!!!!......If it pleases the Court, how can shiitake mushroom

possibly be an antifungal? Shiitake are mushrooms and mushroom ARE a type of

" funghi " , are they not? So, according to that research,.... shiitake mushrooms

must

then be a kind of " antifungal funghi? "

If true.............sheeeeeez, sounds like those shiitake have a reallllly

bad case of self-loathing! (kinda like an anti-Semitic Jew or a homophobic gay

person, I suppose!!!!)

'Ya know...whether it's a (unsubstantiated) blurb of fibroidal disappearance

on Christiane Northrup's website or a story reported by your friend's friend

(testimony/testimonial which would be thrown out in a court of law because it

would be considered " hearsay evidence " )----I think we have to agree on one

thing:

" One anecdotal report does NOT a proven cure make. " Agreed?

I'm not saying that a certain treatment isn't valid or efficacious unless

it's been proven so by scrupulous studies conducted over many decades by the

Mayo Clinic or the Institute of Blah di Blah. Or that Western Medicine has all

the answers. Hardly.

Still, in the very least we Fibroidians need the very minimum scientific

data/parameters to be able to judge the efficacy of any treatment. Like basic

who/ what? where? when? how? questions answered. Real measurements of a real

diagnosis before and after on those " disappearing fibroids " demonstrable on

ultrasound or MRI.

I agree with Ann's post in which she stated that:

" tales of fibroid reduction

and " going away " is the lack of concrete information such as how big

were the fibroids ahead of time, what was the normal expansion and

constriction during the menstrual cycle, what was the size after

they " got better " , what kind of fibroid was it, and what was the

hormonal profile of the patient. "

To conclude that " item X " shrinks fibroids, we really need to see reliable

data that backs up that claim AND THAT CAN BE REPRODUCED by other researchers

with other patients, who are similar to ourselves, who have uterine fibroids.

To blindly trust herbs, concoctions, or anything just on " someone's say so

" can be a waste of time and money. But much. much worse, it can be fraught with

real danger and health risks.

Ladies, I'm not anti shiitake, anti-vitamin, anti-supplement anti-herbor

anti-alternative medicine. Really, I'm not!

I just maintain that caution and a THOROUGH investigation are advisable when

starting to ingest anything that someone purports to shrink fibroids.

Just because something is " natural " doesn't make it free of (often

unanticipated) adverse effects. Quite the contrary. The more potent a herb is,

the

more likely it is to have some kind adverse effects. And interact with other

meds, both OTC and prescription.

We all may have uterine fibroids, yes, but we are all as different as our

DNA, as individual as snow flakes. For that reason alone, we need to be our own

researchers.

I, like many of us here on this list have OTHER medical conditions. What may

be benign/beneficial for one person here, may be problematic for another,

absolutely contraindicated for their body, for another non-fibroidal medical

condition.

Example: If Ginkgo Biloba extract were determined to be " the cure " for

fibroids tomorrow, I'd have to pass on that--no matter how desperate I was.

Because I know Gingko Biloba has been reported to

cause spontaneous bleeding and may interact with anticoagulants and

antiplatelet agents.

For me and MY health, it is a no-no.

I wish there were were a " magic bullet " with uterine fibroids, (don't we

all?!!!! )

But...... I'm afraid, " So far,.......no cigar. "

That doesn't mean everyone here should rush into UAE or surgery.

I think we need to keep an open mind, but we should temper that

open-mindedness WITH A HEALTHY DOSE OF SKEPTICISM--no matter how frustrated we

are with our

fibroids.

I know, I know!...nothing like fibroids to make a mess out of one's personal

universe, and make one feel truly desperate at times.

At times, during the 13-year reign of my fibroidal tyrants, I was tempted to

do just about anything to eradicate them. But, much like Carla's experience,

for years I was choking down various supplements, certain herbs, sustaining

weight loss, and regular exercise, and other non-invasive " treatments " which did

nothing to change my situation. Like Carla, I certainly didn't " rush " into

UAE or myo.

Oh, and let's not forget the fact that fibroids are not malignant.

How much fibroids have in common with prostate tumors or breast cancer tumors

or malignancies in the brain, pancreas or wherever.... is not clear.

The fact that shiitake mushrooms have shown promise with cancerous tumors

does not necessarily indicate that they would do much for uterine fibroid

tumors.

Maybe yes, maybe...but not necessarily.

That said, I happen to enjoy the taste of shiitake mushrooms (although at

heart, I am more of a porcini gal!). So I'll keep cookin' with 'em, and hope

they'll be good to my health, as well as my palate.

, if you've gone ahead and determined that there are no

contraindications, and want to try taking the supplements, go for it. Take good

notes, and

keep us posted. And despite my skepticism, I really do wish you success.

Success that surely could benefit many other LOL, as well.

-Roma

A friend of mine told me about Shiitake Mushrooms. My friend told

me, she knows a lady who had a fibroid tumor the size of a

grapefruit, and she took 500mg. of Shiitake Mushroom capsules, and 4

months later she went back to her OB/GYN for another sonogram, and

the Dr's were AMAZED because there was NO trace of the tumor. I

decided to look it up on the net, and was shocked to learn how

beneficail they are, so I ran right out and bought a bottle from my

local GNC store.(www.GNC.com) I got 90 capsules for $9.00 Each

capsule contains 325mg of dried Shiitake Mushrooms. I am taking 2

capsules a day. Currently on day 3. Will update everyone as soon as

I see results.

 

I also included some info on what I read. There are also many

testimonies to the uses of this wonderful Japanese Mushroom.

Description: Shiitake (Lentinus edodes) is a mushroom traditionally

used to increase energy, longevity, vitality, virility, and control

appetite; it also has anti-fungal, anti-tumor, and antiviral

properties which is suggested for colds, flu, immune function,

viruses, bacteria, cancer, tumors, parasites, headache, measles,

libido, vision, constipation, hemorrhoids, diabetes, liver ailments,

nerve pain, gout, cholesterol levels, blood pressure, heart disease,

HIV, AIDS, herpes, hepatitis, chronic fatigue syndrome, allergies,

Hodgkin's disease, and stomach ulcers.

Search Shiitake Mushrooms on your favorite search engine. I use

www.dogpile.com

Hope This Helps....

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