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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As pets occupy increasingly important roles in our family lives, people are investing more than ever in maintaining their health. The veterinarian has become the furry child’s pediatrician. Also, pet parents look for the same wholesome nutrition in the pet food aisle as in the grocery aisle. They are also starting to add healthy supplements to the food bowl. Much as they do for parents and children, animal-specific supplements help enhance pet health, quality of life, and longevity.

Among those healthy supplements pet parents give their four-legged family members, mushrooms are now the fastest-growing category. As a result, pet parents are seeing great results in their pets’ health when they share their healthy meals and healthy supplements with them.

Are you looking to add healthy mushrooms to improve your pet’s health? Are you confused by all the different types of mushrooms and mushroom products available? In this episode, we outline the basics of mushroom supplements, which ones to consider first, for what purpose, and ideally in what format.

Guest: Joni Kamlet is a Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT) and a Certified Canine Rehabilitation Assistant (CCRA).

She also has her certification in Applied Clinical Nutrition (for humans). Joni witnessed the benefits of raw feeding, homeopathy and herbs in 1996 when her dog was diagnosed with mammary cancer (and Joni was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at the same time). Both of their positive responses to natural therapies started Joni on her holistic path, and she has been working in the field of integrative veterinary medicine ever since. Joni is passionate about holistic options for both animals and humans. She is now embracing her mushroom passion in her position as Director of Veterinary Education and Outreach for Real Mushrooms.

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