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Lately, I've been feeling really jaded and I also realized that I hasn't even recovered fully from my cough. I will just suddenly have the urge to cough non-stop, especially when it's too cold in the office. Even my manager is also concern about why my cough took so long to recover and suggested that I went to see another doctor.
Perhaps it's the lack of sleep, lack of exercise and my unhealthy diet that contributes to a weakened immune system. Now I realized that whenever I feel sick, I took a much longer time to recover back. Seeing another doctor just means more antibiotics and I hate eating antibiotics.
Health is so important, so I tell myself I have to learn how to boost my immunity in order not to fall sick so easily, so I took a little time off from work to attend a high tea and all about immunity workshop. It was organised by Cerebos Pacific Limited, a leading health supplements and food company in Asia Pacific.
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Held at The Vineyard at Hortpark, it's just one bus stop away from office. The afternoon sun was warm and it's nice to take a breather away from the workplace.
The session started with a welcome address by Ms Yenn Lim, Marketing Manager of Cerebos Pacific Limited. To kickstart the workshop, everyone present had a toast with a bottle of this BRAND'S® MycoProtec Essence of Mushroom (BEOM) that was placed on the table of every seat. It's the first step to boosting our immune system.
When we talk about mushroom, many would usually associate them as ingredients in culinary dishes. Asked me about mushrooms and I can name you all my favourite type of edible mushrooms like the Shiitake mushrooms, Enoki mushrooms and Oyster mushroom. They sure add a distinct flavour to the dishes.
However, there's a more important role mushrooms plays in immunity protection.
BRAND'S® MycoProtec Essence of Mushroom is a health supplement that is Halal-certified and suitable for consumption even for the vegetarian.
A small bottle of BRAND'S® MycoProtec Essence of Mushroom contains specially formulated concentration of five rare and premium medicinal mushrooms namely, Lingzhi, Cordyceps, Maitake, Yamabushitake and Shiitake.
These five medicinal mushrooms have been scientifically proven to activate and strengthen different elements of the immune system. Mushroom beta-glucans are one key active compounds that is found to be effective in strengthening our immune system. Different mushrooms possess different types of mushroom beta-glucans and they cannot be fully released through normal cooking methods but the different beta-glucans from the 5 medicinal mushrooms are carefully extracted and retained in each bottle of BRAND'S® MycoProtec Essence of Mushroom.
We are the privileged ones to have Ms Ketki Vinayachandra, a certified and renowned naturopath, herbalist and nutritionist to share her expertise on mysterious world of mycology, stress, psychoneuroimmunology and its impact at various levels, free redicals and their impact on immunity and lastly the benefits of medicinal mushrooms.
Superbugs developed due to the fact of over reliance of antibiotics, so it's important to strengthen our immunity. Environmental factors like getting stuck in a traffic jam or psychological factor like meeting deadlines can cause stress. Stress can cause us to fall sick too.
Psychoneuroimmunology is the study of how our behavior, thoughts and feeling can affects the nervous and immune systems. It's a chain of reaction from emotion to physical to cellular level. Example, after exercising or running, the body will release a happy hormones known as endorphine. I heard that eating chocolate or talking to your crush releases endorphine too. All these makes one feels happy with a sense of well-being.
Our body also needs anti-oxiden. Best is drink veggie juice, fruits is better when eat on its own rather than when it's in the juice forms.
Benefits of the 5 medicinal mushrooms
Reishi (Lingzhi): The Longevity Mushroom helps to promote better sleep, improved blood circulation and improve immune responses against cancer cells.
Maitake: The king of mushroom serve as a health tonic to enhance vitality, wellness and strength. It also improves blood pressure control and again boost immune responses in combating against cancer cells.
Cordyceps: The China's Medical Treasure Mushroom that looks like worms helps to strengthen immunity and relieve cough by fortifying the kidneys and lungs. It is also a wide used tonic to promote "Qi" circulation and improve energy levels.
Yamabushitake: The Monkey Head Mushroom is used for stomach ulcers and chronic gastric disorders. It also has the potential to improve mild memory loss in the elderly and beta-glucans from Yamabushitake can reduce tumor growth and improve immune responses.
Shiitake: The forest mushroom and one of my favourite mushroom gives a boost in energy and stamina, support liver function, contains a variety of beta-glucans that helps to combat against viral infections. It has also been known to account for the low cancer rates of residents in two remote mountainous districts in Japan, where this mushroom is grown and heavily consumed.
Next up is an interactive exercise and some DIY Tips on the breathing techniques against stress as well as some simply demostration on clearing a sinus. It's good to take deep breath occasionally when we are feeling stress to let our brain relax.
Next up we have Dr. Daniel Tsi, a specialist in medicinal plant pharmacology sharing on the latest scientific developments and discoveries of mushroom polysaccharides and beta-glucans in terms of how they benefits us in boosting our immune system.
While listening to the presentation, yummy food was served!
According to one's preference, the BRAND'S® MycoProtec Essence of Mushroom can be consumed straight from the bottle at room temperature, chilled or warm. I prefer mine to be warm so I would heat it up with a bowl of hot water first before drinking. It does taste a bit like the Essence of Chicken although chicken is not in the ingredients. A little bitter but does not leave a strong after taste like how the Essence of Chicken would. This is my new boost of immunity now. Shoo the medicines!
Now available at a recommended selling price of S$27.90 for a pack of 8 x 65ml bottles at all NTUC FairPrice outlets, and all Guardian outlets island wide.
For more information, please visit :
www.brandsworld.com.sg
Remember, prevention is better than cure and this is especially true when it comes to our health!
