White button mushroom or Agaricus bisporus, one of the most popular edible fungus in the world, can shrink cancer tumours, delaying their growth, as per new clinical trials on the use of food as medicine. Not only it slows tumour growth, but also increases the efficiency of cancer-fighting immune cells.
The medicinal mushrooms have been long known to possess cancer-fighting properties, but its mechanism of action has not been studied yet. A new research at City of Hope, one of the US’s largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations, has discovered the many positive health effects of the fungus.
