Turkey tail mushrooms, scientifically known as Trametes versicolor, are traditionally prized by Indigenous peoples throughout North America and are often associated with healing. This functional mushroom’s vivid and colourful appearance was seen as a sign of the powerful medicinal properties hidden within and considered a symbol of protection and strength by some. The Indigenous people were not wrong with their line of thinking. Turkey tail mushrooms do, in fact, bring many potent benefits such as supporting gut health and offering immune system protection.
Knowing that turkey tail mushrooms offer such remarkable advantages, how can we access those benefits? Unfortunately, the mushroom’s thick exterior and woody structure make turkey tail unsuitable for everyday human consumption. As such, its powerful benefits also remain locked behind these challenges. However, this barrier is not unbreakable.
Living Alchemy’s Fermented Turkey Tail Mushroom allows you to access turkey tail’s gut-boosting powers through the traditional art of fermentation. Specifically, we have used our unique Symbio® fermentation process to capture the complete profile of activated nutrients and postbiotics at their potency.
Top Benefits of Turkey Tail for A Healthy Gut and Immunity
Antimicrobial Properties
Turkey tail mushrooms offer robust antimicrobial properties that make your body more capable of fighting off pathogens that make you sick, including harmful bacteria or viruses. Particularly, turkey tail mushrooms may help stop infections from starting or spreading (1).
Digestive Health Support
Turkey tail has been shown to encourage the growth of good gut bacteria, leading to a positive influence on gut microbiota composition (2). Having a balanced and healthy microbiota composition not only helps with digesting food but also supports the immune system and affects your mood and energy levels.
Immune System Reinforcement & Measures Against COVID-19
Polysaccharopeptides, also known as PSP and PSK, are a well-known part of turkey tail mushrooms. PSKs have been shown to promote the increase of immune cells, which then improve the body’s defenses against infections and diseases (3). This makes turkey tail a natural solution for enhancing your body’s internal shield.
Turkey tail isn’t only useful in reinforcing your body’s immune system, this powerful mushroom also exhibits potent anti-viral properties. The anti-viral properties of turkey tail make it likely that this mushroom can combat the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the virus that caused the 2019 pandemic. The natural anti-viral properties of turkey tail mushrooms make them valuable in preventing and treating colds, cases of flu and infections (4).
Cancer Support Aid
It may surprise you to learn that turkey tail mushrooms are used in the mainstream modern Japanese cancer system as a cancer support aid. The compounds within turkey tail mushrooms, like PSP and PSK, work alongside chemotherapy by helping cancer-fighting drugs become more effective. In some cases, turkey tail mushrooms have been shown to slow tumour growth and may trigger cancer cell death, making them a surprising and invaluable support for select cancer patients (4).
Symbio® and its Role in Fermented Turkey Tail
Symbio® is Living Alchemy’s unique fermentation process that utilizes a living kefir-kombucha culture to enhance the nutrient profile of organic whole-food ingredients. Our MycoSynergy™ fermented mushrooms also undergo this fermentation process to capture the complete profile of activated nutrients and postbiotics at their potency.
So what does this Symbio® fermentation process look like for our fermented turkey tail mushrooms? Living Alchemy uses a traditional, small batch, long fermentation of organic whole turkey tail mushrooms. These mushrooms undergo a controlled drying process that involves no high heat to draw out all water and moisture keeping all nutrients and postbiotics intact. At last, an automatic encapsulator is used to avoid the presence of magnesium stearate or any other fillers or binders. This elevated fermentation process results in a final product of nature and science, as clean, potent and alive as they come.
Why Choose MycoSynergy™ Fermented Turkey Tail?
While Symbio® remains a crucial part of Living Alchemy’s process, it is not the only thing that distinguishes us. Living Alchemy has sourced the cleanest and most potent mushrooms available worldwide, and our turkey tail mushrooms are no exception. Our high-quality turkey tail mushrooms are ethically wild-harvested and only the whole fruiting body of mushrooms is used.
Living Alchemy’s turkey tail mushrooms are grown on wood in its most natural habitat. We guarantee that our final product, MycoSynergy™ Fermented Turkey Tail includes a minimum of 40% polysaccharides (total glucans) and 30% beta-glucan content. Moreover, it is USDA Certified Organic, Non-GMO Project Verified and magnesium stearate-free.
Make Turkey Tail Part of Your Everyday Routine
The best part about MycoSynergy™ Fermented Turkey Tail is the ability for you to easily make it part of your everyday routine. Our easy-to-swallow capsules make accessing turkey tail benefits easier than ever. To experience these advantages for yourself, consistently take 1-2 capsules of MycoSynergy™ Fermented Turkey Tail daily to feel its therapeutic benefits.
What are you waiting for? Try MycoSynergy™ Fermented Turkey Tail to unlock its healing powers.
References:
2: H. J. Wichers et al., “Mushroom Polysaccharides: A Potential Source of Prebiotics,” Food Science & Nutrition 2, no. 3 (2014): 163–70.
3: C. L. Kuo et al., “Polysaccharopeptide from Trametes Versicolor Enhances Immunity and Inhibits Tumor Growth in a Mouse Model,” Anticancer Research 30, no. 9 (2010): 3677–84.