100% Natural Mushroom Extract AHCC Powder Supplement 

Active Hexose Correlated Compound (AHCC) is an alpha-glucan rich nutritional supplement produced from the mycelia of shiitake (Lentinula edodes)
of the basidiomycete family of mushrooms. The compound is a subject of research as a potential anti-cancer agent but has not been conclusively
found to treat cancer or any other disease, and there are conflict of interest concerns about the published research.AHCC is a popular alternative
medicine in Japan.

Polysaccharides comprise 40% of the composition of AHCC. These include beta-glucan (β-glucan) and acetylated α-glucan. Acetylated α-glucan,
produced by culturing the mushroom mycelia, is unique to AHCC. Glucans are polysaccharides and these polysaccharides are known to
have immune stimulating effects.

AHCC is widely used in Japan and China. It is available to the general public in Japan and China without a prescription and many people
use it for general health maintenance and treatment of acute infections. Its legal status is that of a "functional food".
In Japan, AHCC is the 2nd most popular complementary and alternative medicine used by cancer patients. Agaricus blazei supplements
are the most popular, outpacing AHCC.
 

1) Immune System
AHCC may help boost immunity, according to a small 2008 clinical trial in Nutrition and Cancer. For the study,
21 healthy volunteers took either an AHCC supplement or a placebo every day for four weeks. At the study's end,
members of the AHCC group showed a significantly greater increase in the number of dendritic cells (a type of cell
involved in the immune response).

2) Chemotherapy Side Effects
Animal-based research shows that AHCC may help reduce certain side effects of chemotherapy. For instance, in a 2009
report from the Journal of Experimental Therapeutics and Oncology, scientists discovered that treating mice with AHCC
helped shield them from chemotherapy-induced liver damage and bone marrow suppression.
However, it's too soon to tell whether AHCC may also help alleviate chemotherapy side effects in humans.

3) Cancer
AHCC may help inhibit cancer development, according to a 2006 animal-based study inCancer Immunology
and Immunotherapy. In an experiment involving mice inoculated with cancer cells, AHCC treatment significantly
enhanced immune response and delayed tumor development.

4) Inflammatory Bowel Disease
AHCC shows promise in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. In a 2007 study on rats (Journal of Nutrition),
researchers found that AHCC helped reduce inflammation and enhanced several markers of colon health in rats with colitis.

5) Flu
In tests on mice, scientists have demonstrated that AHCC may help rev up immune response to flu infection. For example
in a 2006 study from the Journal of Nutrition, AHCC appeared to reduce the severity of flu infection and boost activity
in natural killer cells (a major player in immune response) in influenza-infected mice.