Maitake Complex

Revered From Ancient Times

Since ancient times, maitake mushrooms have been revered in China and Japan as a medicinal grade whole food which help attain and maintain health while increasing longevity.  Only in the last 20 years has increased scientific interest spawned numerous studies on maitake and its spectacular immune properties.


The King of the Mushrooms

Maitake (Grifola frondosa), called the "King of the Mushrooms," was considered the most prized of the mushrooms in ancient times and credited in folk history with near-miraculous results.  Today, intensive research and clinical experience are now proving that the maitake mushroom possesses a vast array of phytonutrients and components that have indeed been shown to provide many spectacular benefits.


Catching the Fakes

Ask your maitake provider if the company routinely uses a photoluminescent device.  This high-tech device emits a directed, infrared beam that can be used to quickly scan every container of incoming raw material.  It provides a unique frequency fingerprint via a graph that can identify the true signature of maitake (or alert you to fake substitutes) as well as toxic peaks (if solvents or other impurities are present).

Most companies feel it is too expensive to perform lab tests on every container of raw material.  Since Quantum Nutrition Labs uses this device to scan all its raw materials, weak herbal species and different types of contamination, including solvent extraction, adulteration of the herbs and padding with "look alike" materials, are identified and eliminated from the source material.  Beware, even a well-intentioned company may be unknowingly selling colored straw instead of maitake.


Get The Best Maitake

The best maitake is grown in open air in its natural habitat which is in a forest on hearty logs, not on brown rice or on synthetic fiber logs.  Poorly grown maitake often has very poor or no medicinal qualities at all.  Maitake is occasionally available in grocery stores.  However, commercially grown maitake is often poor grade, having been raised on commercial,  toxic fibers.

Beware of highly heated extracts which can literally ruin the immune properties of maitake as well as creating toxic, heated by-products.  Open a capsule of maitake and then smell and taste the powder.  Is there a fresh aroma?  Does it smell like a woody forest?  If not, the maitake may have been highly heated, burned or solvent extracted with liver-toxic solvents.  Maitake extract may naturally taste somewhat bitter due to its alkaloids, but it should not smell or taste burned.


The Maitake Answer

Dr. Robert J. Marshall, a well-known clinical nutritionist, has used maitake extensively in his nutritional practice.  He finds: "Quantum Maitake Complex offers unparalleled immune-specific support for the brain and nervous system, especially in chronic cases.  Quantum Maitake Complex delivers great chemo-protection for the body.  Many people routinely use 1 to 2 vcaps of this complex every day for whole-body protection."


Quantum Maitake Complex Ingredients and Benefits

Grade 10 Wild, Mountain-grown Chinese Reishi

• Remarkable extract to boost the brain, liver, immune system and extend life
• Shown to increase RNA and DNA synthesis
• Natural source of plant ergosterol (provitamin D)
• Naturally contains potent immuno-stimulating fractions
• Contains beta-D-glucans, ganodermic acids (triterpenes) and many active polysaccharides
• Strong phyto-stimulators to boost liver/gallbladder performance

Grade 10 European Beta-Sitosterol

• Natural phyto-hormone compounds from plants, including beta-sitosterol, other sterols and sterolins
• Significant blood, brain, liver, gallbladder and immune system regulating effects
• Not freeze-dried or highly heated

Grade 10 Indian Noni

• Worldwide recognition for whole-body rejuvenation by boosting protein/enzyme activation
• Powerful help to strengthen liver and digestive tract
• Contains powerful phytonutrients (damnacanthol, scopoletin) for brain, liver, kidney, gastrointestinal and immune system support
• The correct species of Noni with no toxic tag-alongs, solvents, fumigants, irradiation or toxic flavorings
• Specially grown in the deep forests of India, 5 miles away from any road
• Meticulously harvested by traditional herbal masters
• Low temperature, air-dried processing

Stabilized Rice Bran

• An unparalleled Super Food with over 100 different antioxidants
• Naturally contains tocotrienols (super antioxidants) which have 6,000 times greater antioxidant activity than vitamin E