08-08-2014, 11:11 PM
i found this while researching reishi mushrooms...lol sounds like lotus wrote it hee hee
http://www.rawforestfoodsblog.com/is-reishi-ganoderma-lucidum-anti-androgenic/
'So being, the vast majority of actual medical research into Ganoderma lucidum is identifying both its anti-cancer effects and the method of action for those effects. So to understand the anti-androgenic effects of Reishi, we have to first put on our “cancer hats.”
Reishi does not cause or signal the body to decrease production of testosterone or other androgen hormones. Using Reishi does not cause a lowering of testosterone—free or bound testosterone. If anything, for people with low testosterone, Reishi has a greater propensity to increase levels of testosterone through its adaptogenic qualities than it does for lowering levels of testosterone. So how is Reishi anti-androgenic?
There are a class of drugs (really a type of chemical) called 5alpha-reductase. 5alpha-reductase binds to androgen receptors in the prostate and inhibits androgen-induced cell growth and regrowth. Because 5alpha-reductase (a chemical found in extracts of Reishi and in other places) binds to androgen receptors it is called anti-androgenic. As we know, androgen-induced cell growth and regrowth is the root of benign prostatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer. The anti-androgenic effects of Reishi, as limited and specific as they are, actually promote prostate health, indicating an ability to ease BPH and possibly prevent or treat prostate cancer....'
http://www.rawforestfoodsblog.com/is-reishi-ganoderma-lucidum-anti-androgenic/
'So being, the vast majority of actual medical research into Ganoderma lucidum is identifying both its anti-cancer effects and the method of action for those effects. So to understand the anti-androgenic effects of Reishi, we have to first put on our “cancer hats.”
Reishi does not cause or signal the body to decrease production of testosterone or other androgen hormones. Using Reishi does not cause a lowering of testosterone—free or bound testosterone. If anything, for people with low testosterone, Reishi has a greater propensity to increase levels of testosterone through its adaptogenic qualities than it does for lowering levels of testosterone. So how is Reishi anti-androgenic?
There are a class of drugs (really a type of chemical) called 5alpha-reductase. 5alpha-reductase binds to androgen receptors in the prostate and inhibits androgen-induced cell growth and regrowth. Because 5alpha-reductase (a chemical found in extracts of Reishi and in other places) binds to androgen receptors it is called anti-androgenic. As we know, androgen-induced cell growth and regrowth is the root of benign prostatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer. The anti-androgenic effects of Reishi, as limited and specific as they are, actually promote prostate health, indicating an ability to ease BPH and possibly prevent or treat prostate cancer....'