Dr. Tom Guilliams, a longtime friend of the podcast, returns to share his experience researching and foraging for mushrooms.

Dr. Guilliams also speaks about the difficulties of accurately identifying mushrooms due to inconsistent documentation and characterization across scientific resources. These inconsistencies present significant challenges for manufacturers developing medicinal mushroom products since the extracts and powders may not be reliably labeled. Therefore, manufacturers must be diligent in verifying the mushrooms they purchase.

There may also be unintended differences between mushrooms grown commercially versus those foraged from their natural setting. Practitioners and patients should be aware that many marketing claims around consumer-facing mushroom products are likely unsubstantiated. 

This episode honors this year’s theme of connection and builds upon what we recently learned from Dr. Zach Bush, who spoke about the role that environmental networks play in human health. Mushrooms are a literal example of biologic networks. Root-like networks of fungi and mushrooms, called mycelia, facilitate communication and allocate resources between plants within ecosystems.

Check out the full conversation to learn more about:

• The benefits of dietary versus supplemental mushrooms
• The components of mushrooms and their medicinal applications
• The immune-modulating qualities of medicinal mushrooms
• The potential benefits of mushrooms for autoimmune patients
• And much more!

This is the first podcast episode of the 2023 year of connection. How can we employ connection to advance the functional and lifestyle medicine movement?

One answer is that we must continue to leverage group care and community networks to support reconnection in the post-COVID era, improve patient outcomes and increase the awareness and accessibility of our movement.

Our guest on this episode is an innovator and thought leader on health creation and chronic disease reversal. Zach Bush, MD teaches about the intersections between the environment and the individual by identifying the themes that connect diverse systems, such as microbiologic processes and macroeconomics. To him, the original human wound is a false belief that we are not all connected—to ourselves, nature and everyone around us.

To be healthy—physically and mentally—is to be connected. In this episode, Dr. Bush and James explore the many repercussions of disconnection, from autoimmune disease to war, while also covering how connection can transform and heal.

The full episode will bring you more insights about:

• The negative effects of cellular disconnection, and what environmental or lifestyle factors trigger that dysfunction
• How a scarcity mentality leads to fear, guilt, shame and economic disparity
• Empowering perspectives that help people heal
• Flaws in peer-reviewed, evidence-based medicine
• Quorum sensing and Dr. Bush’s new organization, The Institute for Natural Law and Governance

The Journey of Intrinsic Health: 

• https://journeyofintrinsichealth.com/

 Institute of Natural Law and Governance:

• https://www.naturallawandgov.org/

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