Mushrooms & Gut Health
Explore mushroom research and guides on mushrooms & gut health.
Mushroom Polysaccharides and Your Gut Microbiome
Mushroom polysaccharides resist digestion and selectively feed gut bacteria. Here's how beta-glucan, chitin, and hemicellulose nourish your gut microbiome.
Mushrooms and the Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes Ratio
Reishi, maitake, and Chaga reduce the Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio in metabolic models. What the evidence shows and where human data is still lacking.
Mushrooms as Prebiotics: How They Feed Your Gut Bacteria
Mushrooms as prebiotics: three fiber types that survive digestion and selectively feed your gut bacteria, plus a review of the human clinical trial evidence.
Mushrooms for IBD: Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis Research
The only human RCT of mushroom extract in Crohn's disease found reduced disease activity scores. Here's the full evidence hierarchy for mushrooms and IBD.
How Fungal Polysaccharides Feed Your Gut Bacteria
How fungal polysaccharides like beta-glucan and chitin feed gut bacteria. The step-by-step fermentation mechanism, with clinical trial evidence on turkey tail.
Best Prebiotic Mushrooms: A Species Comparison by Evidence
Turkey tail is the only prebiotic mushroom with a human RCT. Here's how turkey tail, shiitake, oyster, reishi, and others compare on actual evidence.