Chaga Forager's Quest

<h3><font color="#78509a">Surthrival Chaga extract: Chaga Forager’s Quest</font></h3> <div></div> <p> Chaga Forager’s Quest by <a target="_blank" href="https://morgenisnu.nl/en/merk/surthrival/" rel="noreferrer noopener"><font color="#78509a">Surthrival </font></a>is made from wild-growing Chaga using hot water and ethanol. This combination ensures that the various active compounds are extracted. Chaga is unique among mushrooms. It could well be one of the most important ever discovered. Like all healthy mushrooms, Chaga contains beta-glucans and polysaccharides. Chaga also has an extremely high ORAC value (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity value), even higher than that of blueberry extract. </p> <h3><font color="#78509a">The Chaga mushroom and the birch tree</font></h3> <div></div> <p><a href="https://morgenisnu.nl/en/products/mushrooms/chaga/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Chaga</a> grows in the world's circumpolar region, in the northern hemisphere. The mushroom grows in deciduous forests, where birch trees are exposed to harsh weather conditions. Although Chaga mainly grows on birch trees, it can also grow on elder, ash, beech, elm and even apple trees. When Chaga grows on birch, it feeds on the nutrients and compounds found in the tree. These active compounds are concentrated in the mushroom in a form that humans can readily use. In Siberian shamanism, Chaga is known as the “King of Mushrooms”. Traditionally, Chaga was mainly consumed as a tea.</p> <p>Partner or parasite? There are two different theories about the relationship between Chaga and the birch tree. The first suggests that Chaga is a parasite, or a cancerous growth on the tree. The second theory proposes a symbiotic relationship between Chaga and birch, in which each takes something it needs from the other. In his book ‘mycellium running’, Paul Stamets states that Chaga extracts can be applied topically to treat tree diseases. This idea is entirely consistent with the symbiotic model.</p> <h3><font color="#78509a">About Chaga's active compounds</font></h3> <div></div> <p>Chaga contains a wide range of active compounds, including melanin. Melanin is the pigment that gives the mushroom its brown colour. Chaga contains more melanin than any known food or herb. However, this substance is known to occur only in wild Chaga products. It is not found in cultivated products.</p> <p>It also contains betulin. Betulin is a triterpene that occurs abundantly in nature. It is found in high concentrations in birch bark, and Chaga helps convert betulin into an absorbable form of betulinic acid. Betulin is the substance that gives birch its bright white appearance. It is a powdery substance found in the outer bark of the birch tree. It was used by the cosmetics industry as a skin-repairing tonic, with birch bark extract added to various products. </p> <p>Chaga also has a remarkably high ORAC value. ORAC stands for Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity. This value indicates the extent to which a substance can neutralise free radicals. Chaga has the highest ORAC score ever recorded in a natural food. Chaga is also known for its high concentration of Superoxide Dismutase (SOD). This is an important enzyme. Chaga contains as many as 35,000 SOD units per gram, while Reishi and Agaricus contain an average of 1,400 and 1,500 units respectively. Finally, Chaga is rich in polysaccharides, such as beta-glucans (complex sugars). Glucans work best in synergy with other polysaccharides, triterpenes, sterols and countless other compounds, all of which are found in Chaga.</p> <h3><font color="#78509a">Overview of Chaga's active compounds</font></h3> <div></div> <p>Scientific research into Chaga's active compounds reveals a broad spectrum of active constituents. The mushroom contains 215 phytonutrients, including 29 polysaccharides and beta-glucan derivatives (substances derived from beta-glucan). Below is an overview of the main active compounds. </p> <p><b>Nutrients:</b></p> <ul> <li>protein-bound xylogalactoglucans</li> <li>polyphenols</li> <li>sterols</li> <li>initodiols</li> <li>triterpenoid saponins</li> <li>melanin</li> <li>betulin/betulinic acid</li> <li>lupeol</li> <li>vitamin B2</li> <li>vitamin D2</li> <li>dietary fibre</li> <li>amino acid complexes</li> </ul> <div></div> <p><b>Trace elements:</b></p> <ul> <li>barium</li> <li>bismuth</li> <li>boron</li> <li>chromium</li> <li>copper</li> <li>germanium</li> <li>manganese</li> <li>selenium</li> <li>zinc</li> </ul> <div></div> <p><b><br /> Main minerals:<br /> </b></p> <ul> <li>calcium</li> <li>caesium</li> <li>iron</li> <li>magnesium</li> <li>phosphorus</li> <li>potassium</li> <li>rubidium</li> <li>silicon</li> <li>sulphur </li> </ul> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100%;background-color:#f4eefb;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:100px;vertical-align:middle;padding:20px;text-align:center;"> <img src="https://morgenisnu.nl/media/67/cd/b9/1756711862/Ruby%20foto%20rond%20auteurspagina.png" alt="Ruby, kwaliteitsmanager bij Morgen is Nu" style="width:80px;height:80px;margin:0 auto;" /> </td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:20px 20px 20px 0;"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:6px;"> <h2 style="font-size:1.17em;margin:0;color:#78509a;font-weight:600;"> Meet Ruby: our quality manager<br /> </h2> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-bottom:8px;"> <p style="margin:0;line-height:1.6;font-size:1em;color:#333333;"> <a style="color:inherit;text-decoration:underline;" href="https://morgenisnu.nl/en/authors/ruby/">Ruby</a> is a quality specialist at Morgen is Nu. 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