Archive for November, 2009
I guess this is a little late, but Pumpkin Protein May Fend Off Yeast Infections by Bill Hendrick appears at WebMD Health News. There were quite a few articles out there on this topic. I’m not sure that it wasn’t just a seasonal hype sort of thing without a lot of actual promise. Reporting in [...]
Tags: Candida albicans, pumkins, yeast infection
Avoid Wild Mushrooms, State Urges! Serious Illness, Death Possible! Well…yeah, so what? Kind of makes sense considering that California has tried to prevent the sale of wild mushrooms in some locales. State health officials on Friday reminded Californians that collecting and eating wild mushrooms can cause serious illness and even death. According to the California [...]
Tags: California, mushroom hunting, poisoning
California-based Golden Gourmet Mushrooms is an interesting company with some appealing offerings. I guess business just wasn’t good enough for the company president though. He was recently sentenced to 13 months in prison for customs violations involving the import of mushrooms from Japan. See Mushroom importer gets prison for evading customs by Anne Krueger. The [...]
Tags: crime, mushroom growing
