GreenFood Nutrition Chaga extract 90 capsules

Chaga (rusty chigger, Inonotus obliquus, Kabanoanatake), a wood-destroying disease-causing fungus, is rich in a large number of bioactive substances. Chaga is a highly prized mushroom that has a long tradition in Siberian, Korean, Chinese, Northern European and Scandinavian folk medicine. The best quality species grow on birch trunks, from which it extracts betulin and betulinic acid. It has been used for many centuries in Russia, where Tsar Vladimir Monomakh was among the first to indulge. However, it has been used in Asia for several thousand years. The first records of the use of Chaga come from the northern regions of China from 4000 years ago. Chaga was not unknown even to the original inhabitants of Japan. It contains vitamins and minerals, melanin, which gives it its characteristic dark colour, the triterpene compounds betulin and betulinic acid, which Chaga obtains from its host birch. However, its popularity is based on very important polysaccharides - beta glucans, flavonoids, sterols or pteridines. Our products contain Chagu raw material grown on birch trees in the north of China (Hei Long Jiang province) and eastern Siberia, where nature is practically untouched by man.

One third of the content of Chaga is polysaccharides

When a dietary supplement with Chaga states that it contains 30% polysaccharides, this means that almost one-third of the content of Chaga mushroom extract is made up of polysaccharides. Polysaccharides are long chains of carbohydrate molecules that have different biological properties. The standardization of the extract ensures that it contains exactly 30% polysaccharides, resulting in a consistent quality product. Standardisation also means that the product undergoes rigorous testing and controls to ensure that the polysaccharide content is as declared. Chaga extract is a dietary supplement containing an extract of the chaga mushroom (Inonotus obliquus) standardized to 30% polysaccharides, which grows on birch trees in cold regions.

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