Stalker was perusing the national press lately when a small item caught the eye.
The piece was about how the birch bark may help treat heart disease. The compound found in the birch bark may provide new treatments for obesity, heart disease and diabetes.
Betulin targets genes involved in the production of harmful blood fats. At the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences they have discovered that it lowered cholesterol, helped prevent diet induced obesity and reduced the risk of diabetes by improving insulin sensitivity, in animal studies.
Turns out that the chaga mushroom which grows on birch tress is chock full of this substance betulin.
It clearly shows that there is definitely something in this medicinal mushrooms mindset.
