Ganoderma GOLD™
The Ganoderma GOLD range comprises of:
Ganoderma lucidum "Antler" Reishi
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Ganoderma GOLD™ is South Africa's premium dual-extract Reishi product. Our proprietary growing and extraction methods deliver the ONLY Ganoderma lucidum, antler, dual-extract product with lab verified results in South Africa. It is cultivated in South Africa for South Africans! Mushroom Guru has perfected a proprietary growing method and developed South Africa's first pure Reishi dual-extract. Ganoderma lucidum is also known as Lingzhi in China and Reishi in Japan, and has been used for its medicinal properties for more than 2,000 years. This extraordinary fungus is highly effective as an adaptogen, and therefore regulates, balance and harmonises the body and all its complex systems.
This fungus develops a mushroom that is rust-red in colour, smooth to the touch and astoundingly beautiful, yet incredibly bitter. Therefore, to be able to experience the benefits of this medicinal mushroom, you would either need to steep it in water and drink the hot water extraction as a tea, getting the benefit of the Polysaccharides... or prepare an alcohol (ethanol) extraction to make compounds like Ganoderic acids and triterpenoids available for digestion. We do both! We use two highly effective extraction methods in producing MG-LZ8, and evaporate the alcohol off, to ensure the extract is alcohol-free.
The name LZ8 (Ling Zhi-8) was given to an immunomodulatory protein, isolated from Ganoderma lucidum. MG is the abbreviation for Mushroom Guru, together they make up the Double Extract we call MG-LZ8. MG-LZ8 is the cornerstone of our Ganoderma GOLD™ product range and is the Double Extract that is used in all our Reishi products. |
MG-LZ8
Reishi Double Extract
Reishi Double Extract
Mushroom Guru has perfected a proprietary growing method and developed South Africa's first pure Reishi dual-extract. We use two highly effective extraction methods in producing MG-LZ8, and evaporate the alcohol off to ensure the extract is alcohol-free and non-toxic! Many other combination tinctures use alcohol for extraction, and therefore still contain alcohol in the end product. Our Targeted Therapy Drops does not contain alcohol...neither do any of the products in our Ganoderma GOLD™ range.
Our Immune Modulator capsule contains ONLY 15mg of MG-LZ8, which is 12 times stronger than outdoor grown Reishi and thus provides the equivalent of 5400mg of imported Reishi powder per capsule.
Our Immune Modulator capsule contains ONLY 15mg of MG-LZ8, which is 12 times stronger than outdoor grown Reishi and thus provides the equivalent of 5400mg of imported Reishi powder per capsule.
People that use Reishi report that they use it for:
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- This medicine has not been evaluated by the MCC (Medicines Control Council). This medicine is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease.
- Our product is tested, extracted and bottled in facilities which are ISO and GMP compliant, and therefore safe and effective.
- Our product is: Vegan, Non-GMO, Water-soluble, Chitin Free, Organic, 100% Bio-available and Non-toxic. The data also shows the extremely high levels of medicinal compounds found in our product, namely Beta-glucans and Ganoderic acids.
MG-LZ8 pre-clinical trial confirms increased immune response
In 2018 Mushroom Guru sent their proprietary MG-LZ8 for testing at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA. The results from a pre-clinical trial done by Prof. Vaclav Vetvicka, head of the Department of Pathology of the university, provided confirmation of a 43% increase in immunity within 48 hours!
What is the difference between Reishi powder and Reishi extract?
The most important factor of any medicine is related to the bio-availability of the compounds inside the medicine. There is a compound in the mushroom cell wall, called Chitin, which our digestive system struggles to digest. When you consume a mushroom powder (whole dried mushroom powder), the Chitin may leave you with an uneasy feeling in your stomach. In some cases, Chitin causes severe nausea and headaches in people who consume raw mushrooms.
When the water soluble compounds are extracted using hot water, the nutrient/medicinal value increases dramatically. When extracting the solvent-based compounds from the Reishi mushroom using ethanol, the values increase 29 fold. Our new Reishi Double Extract combines both the water and ethanol extract, thus giving you a 100% bio-available product in its purest form.
Reishi mushroom powder is made from dried Reishi that is finely ground. It is extremely difficult to grind Reishi into a powder, so almost all fine Reishi powder is imported from China.
After testing imported Reishi powder, we have found that there is very little to no active ingredients in the powder, leading us to believe that the actives have been extracted for other products for the pharmaceutical companies and the bio-mass is ground and sold to unsuspecting clients as "Ground Reishi Powder".
Hot water extraction helps break down the Chitin in the cell wall of the mushroom so that polysaccharides/glucans and other water soluble compounds are released. Extracted compounds are far more active than dried powder.
Alcohol extraction allows for all the solvent based compounds to be extracted, like Ganoderic acid and around 150 triterpenoids...among others. Alcohol extraction increases the potency by 29 fold.
In conclusion...extracted compounds are far more effective than dried mushroom powder. Both polar and ethanol extractions have specific functions in the body and using both together is by far the better choice. With that said, the alcohol must be evaporated from the extraction so that no trace of alcohol is left behind, as alcohol is a registered Neurotoxin.
Our Double Extract is pure extract from the fruit body of Antler grown Reishi. It contains no alcohol and is completely water soluble and bio-available. It is the first pure Reishi mushroom Double Extract product in South Africa and soon to be proven as a world-class quality extract.
When the water soluble compounds are extracted using hot water, the nutrient/medicinal value increases dramatically. When extracting the solvent-based compounds from the Reishi mushroom using ethanol, the values increase 29 fold. Our new Reishi Double Extract combines both the water and ethanol extract, thus giving you a 100% bio-available product in its purest form.
Reishi mushroom powder is made from dried Reishi that is finely ground. It is extremely difficult to grind Reishi into a powder, so almost all fine Reishi powder is imported from China.
After testing imported Reishi powder, we have found that there is very little to no active ingredients in the powder, leading us to believe that the actives have been extracted for other products for the pharmaceutical companies and the bio-mass is ground and sold to unsuspecting clients as "Ground Reishi Powder".
Hot water extraction helps break down the Chitin in the cell wall of the mushroom so that polysaccharides/glucans and other water soluble compounds are released. Extracted compounds are far more active than dried powder.
Alcohol extraction allows for all the solvent based compounds to be extracted, like Ganoderic acid and around 150 triterpenoids...among others. Alcohol extraction increases the potency by 29 fold.
In conclusion...extracted compounds are far more effective than dried mushroom powder. Both polar and ethanol extractions have specific functions in the body and using both together is by far the better choice. With that said, the alcohol must be evaporated from the extraction so that no trace of alcohol is left behind, as alcohol is a registered Neurotoxin.
Our Double Extract is pure extract from the fruit body of Antler grown Reishi. It contains no alcohol and is completely water soluble and bio-available. It is the first pure Reishi mushroom Double Extract product in South Africa and soon to be proven as a world-class quality extract.
What is the difference between Antlers and Conks?
Why grow "Antlers"?
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When Reishi grows in an Antler form, it creates Ganoderic acid from the base to the very tip, which is substantially more Ganoderic acid than that found in the normal, short stem of a conk. MG-LZ8 is the name given to our extract and is taken from the fruit body of the antler and our product contains zero (0) starch. The "spikes" in the graphs below, represent the high levels of Ganoderic acid, beta(1-3) glucans and triterpenoids found in our Reishi antlers. Our proprietary growing system was developed around the production of Ganoderic acid and the development of the immunomodulatory protein LZ8.
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