Turkey Tail

Turkey Tail

Anti-Cancer Compounds

Turkey tail is one of the most commonly found species of wild mushrooms in the world. It is also claimed to be the most potent of the medicinal mushrooms yet we still know very little about this abundant potential life enhancer. This could be due in part to turkey tails lack of culinary appeal. Despite the long list of potential health benefits, turkey tail never gained the popularity it deserves until now. Recent studies have proven the anti-cancer properties within turkey tail mushrooms and now turkey tail is showing up in hot beverages, smoothies, soups, powders, extracts, and also in daily supplements.

Turkey tail mushroom have an impressive range of health benefits and contain a variety of powerful antioxidants, vitamins, and compounds, that can boost your immune system and even help to fight and prevent certain types of cancer. Within turkey tail mushrooms researchers have found two anti-cancer compounds that can inhibit the growth of cancer cells called polysaccharide-K and polysaccharopeptide. The presence of these two compounds has been the main focus behind much of the exciting research conducted on turkey tail mushrooms.

Western scientists have proven what people have believed to be true for 1000’s of years. But there are many important questions that still remain and much experimentation is still needed. There is no definitive amount of turkey tails that can be prescribe to achieve a particular improvement to your health. So far, research has established that turkey tail mushrooms are very effective at fighting and preventing cancer but exactly how this occurs is still a mystery. There is much more that we can learn about turkey tail mushrooms and it’s anti-cancer compounds.