Guest guest Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 I just got done reading the information web page on the various medicinal mushrooms, and I was wondering what the consensus is on these mushrooms versus the beta glucan derived from yeast. I'm sure that many of you have read Bill Henderson's book on alternative cancer cures. He strongly recommends the Transfer Point beta glucan, sold by several different vendors. There are other yeast derived beta glucans besides Transfer Point, at around the same price for the same dose. This runs about $4 a day for me, which is kind of steep for my current budget. What I have not seen is a decent comparison of the mushrooms versus the yeast derived beta glucans. In fact I've seen only one study of any kind, which was run by some organization called JANA, relating several immune boosting products. A chart is given on: http://www.beta-glucan- info.com/images/immune_system_support_test_results.gif This chart compares beta glucan with such famous (or infamous) immune boosting products as RM-10, mannapol, AHCC, astralagus, Epicor, etc. But I don't see the ABM mushroom there, nor can I tell the mushroom types and contents of various combination products in the chart. In fact, I don't even know if this chart is bogus itself. But it is the only one I've seen. The cancer I have is colon cancer. Perhaps there are differences in the types of immune boosters for the different types of cancers too. The chart seems to indicate that yeast-derived beta glucans, with at least 85% 1-3D beta glucans, are the best by far. I'm wondering what the feedback from people in this group is about this. I have no interest in promoting one product over the other. My only concern is finding the best nutritional supplements to fight my cancer. Unfortunately, cost is one consideration I have to take into account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.