Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Part 5: Mushroom Myths. A high beta-glucan number doesn’t tell you what else was lost, removed, or left out. That’s why we look at the full picture: mushroom compounds, biological activity, research, and testing.* 🍄‍🟫🌐🔬

What mushroom myths should Paul Stamets take on next? 👀

Paul Stamets, Founder, Member, Owner at Fungi Perfecti, LLC—makers of Host Defense® Mushrooms™​

*𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚎𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙳𝚛𝚞𝚐 𝙰𝚍𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚜𝚎, 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝, 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝚘𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎.