Product quality issues with mushroom supplements.

Guest: Skye Chilton, founder of Real Mushrooms. Real Mushrooms is one of the largest producers of medicinal mushroom products in North America, operating out of British Columbia, Canada. Skye and his company have over 40 years of experience growing and cultivating medicinal mushrooms.

Talking Points:

Many consumers and even health practitioners are being misled into believing they are consuming mushrooms when in fact the products are nothing more than mycelium cultured grain, much like the food product Tempeh.

What is the difference between mushrooms and mycelium?

Why did you and Jeff travel to China to learn about mushrooms? And how did it lead to your organic mushroom farm?

We hear a lot about pollution in China and people are now afraid of Chinese products. How do you view this issue and are there regulations in China?

How do you grow mushrooms? Please share more on the process.

What are medicinal mushrooms and their primary uses?

What are the main active ingredients of medicinal mushrooms?

How important is it to buy organic mushrooms?

As for the mushroom supplement industry, there seems to be a lot of confusion about what consumers are buying and taking. How do consumers know if they are purchasing a quality mushroom supplement?

Are there any testing methods to determine product quality?

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