References JULY 2017

Keep Your Immune System in Peak Condition

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Fabulous Fungi? The Nutritional Benefits of Mushrooms

• Ware, Megan. "Mushrooms: Nutritional Value and Health Benefits." Medical News Today. Posted 23 Feb 2017. Accessed 3 May 2017: http://www.mushroomharvest.com/extra_pages/slideshow.htm
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• PBS.org. Avey, T., "The History Kitchen: Magical Mushrooms: The Allure of Edible Fungi" posted 1 April 2014. http://www.pbs.org/food/the-history-kitchen/edible-mushrooms/
• Friedman, Mendel. "Mushroom Polysaccharides: Chemistry and Antiobesity, Antidiabetes, Anticancer, and Antibiotic Properties in Cells, Rodents, and Humans." Ed. Charles Brennan. Foods (2016) 5:4, 80. PMC. Web. 3 May 2017. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5302426/
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• Epicurious.com "A visual guide to mushrooms." Sund, E. & Astley, C. Accessed 3 May 2017: http://www.epicurious.com/archive/seasonalcooking/farmtotable/visualguidemushrooms
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Medicinal Mushroom Blend

• Xiaoshuang Dai, Joy M. Stanilka, et al., "Consuming Lentinula edodes (Shiitake) Mushrooms Daily Improves Human Immunity: A Randomized Dietary Intervention in Healthy Young Adults." J Am Coll Nutr. (2015 Apr) 11:1-10. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07315724.2014.950391
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• Vaughan, George. "Medicinal Mushrooms" (slide show online) http://www.mushroomharvest.com/extra_pages/slideshow.htm
• Bak, Won Chull et al. "Determination of Glucan Contents in the Fruiting Bodies and Mycelia of Lentinula Edodes Cultivars." Mycobiology (2014) 42:3, 301–304. PMC. Web. 3 May 2017. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4206800/
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• MushroomInfo.com Info on health benefits, research, nutrition. http://www.mushroominfo.com/benefits/

Astragalus (Astragalus spp.)

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Can the Tunes on Your iPod Boost Your Immunity?

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• Sloboda, J.A. and O'Neill, S.A. "Emotions in everyday listening to music." In Music and Emotion: Theory and Research (Juslin, P.N. and Sloboda, J.A., eds) (2001) pp. 415–429, Oxford University Press. Accessed 4 May 2017: http://konecni.ucsd.edu/pdf/2003%20M-E%20Review%20MP.pdf
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