Ganoderma Lucidum Long Term Consumption

Can long term consumption of Ganoderma herb promote longevity?

Why bother taking Ganoderma herb for long term? It's expensive and troublesome isn't it? Can you stop taking it once you get well? Yes of course. But you will lose an opportunity to benefit from what Ganoderma does best - slow down your aging and promote longevity.

Is it really true? To find out, let's move 2000 years back into the history.

During the Ming Dynasty in China, the great physician Li Shizhen wrote the "Compendium of Materia Medica" or "Ben Cao Gang Mu". This is undisputedly the most comprehensive work of ancient Chinese herbal book.

This herbal classic states that Ganoderma or Lingzhi possesses the exceptional efficacy of "promoting vitality and longevity through long term consumption".

"Long term consumption" means consuming it on regular basis.

Meanwhile, "vitality and longevity" refers to a physical state of feeling young, vibrant and energetic.

How free radicals cause aging
Aging is a natural process you cannot evade. In order to enjoy longevity, the only feasible approach is to retard ageing process. And aging is directly related to oxidation process caused by free radicals.

Hard steel becomes rusted because of oxidation process. Sliced apple turns brown because of oxidation process. And human gets old because of oxidation process.

In general terms, damage done by free radicals causes chemical reaction known as oxidation. Oxidative stress occurs when free radical attacks your cells and tissues.

It's natural that your body lose its vitality when you experience oxidative stress. Scientists observed that a healthy person has more powerful antioxidant ability than a cancer patient.

To survive or sustain life, you need daily assimilation of various nutrients. To live well, you have to depend on a strong immunity. And to live long, elevating the antioxidant ability of your body is by far the most effective approach.

Your body natural antioxidant
In order to reduce oxidation damage, you need to reduce the free radicals level in your body. But don't worry. You're born with a "multi-enzymatic" anti oxidation system made up of enzymes like:

Superoxide Dismutase (SOD)
Catalase (CAT)
Glutathione Peroxidase (GPX)

These are the fundamental mechanisms for antioxidant aimed at getting rid of free radicals in your body.

However, your antioxidant ability keeps declining as you age. The older you become, the less antioxidant enzymes you have. So, your body’s ability to get rid of free radicals becomes weaker everyday. Moreover, prolonged periods of work related stress, anxiety, or irregular pattern in work increase free radicals build up.

The best antioxidant herb
What you can do is to replenish your body with strong antioxidant food supplement. This boosts your antioxidant capability and helps to maintain an adequate antioxidant level in your body. High concentration of antioxidant in human is known to prolong life span.

And one of the best antioxidant herbs is Ganoderma Lucidum.

Ganoderma is one of the few rare herbs that contains high amount of SOD. This enzyme helps your body to get rid of harmful free radicals and therefore, slows down aging.

This is the scientific explanation of the saying, "Long term consumption of Ganoderma promotes vitality and longevity"

And with this, a person in her 60s may look 10 or 20 years younger. With Ganoderma Lucidum herb, this is no longer a dream. However, you need to understand that promoting longevity can only be done through long term consumption. Taking Ganoderma for a few months certainly has not much effect on your life span.

Safe for long term consumption?
For medicinal herb like Ganoderma Lucidum to quality as being good for "long term consumption", it must satisfy the prerequisite of being free from toxic.

Most ancient herbal books usually state how you should consume a particular herb. It will suggest the amount or length of consumption before getting the intended results.

It is interesting to point out that Ganoderma herb is the only exception whereby such parameters were obviously absent. None of the ancient physicians could specify the course of consumption for a given health problem with respect to patient's gender and age.

The only generalized conclusion they could draw was - This herb would be good for both sexes of all ages in improving health conditions upon long term consumption.

The Ganoderma challenge
First, take a photo of yourself. Then take high quality Ganoderma Lucidum extract for 1 year and take another photo of yourself. Compare both photos for any difference in age. You can then consume Ganoderma for another year and compare your photo again.

Most people will look more vibrant and youthful after taking Ganoderma herb for 1 or 2 years. This lies the beauty of consuming Ganoderma herb for long term. And the bonus? Less doctor visit of course.

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