Take Cordyceps to Enhance Immunity

Cordyceps, a fungus that
grows on caterpillars high in the Himalayas, has long been used in Traditional
Chinese Medicine as a rejuvenating and performance-enhancing medicine. The
latest Korean research shows it also boosts the immune system. Scientists
tested 79 healthy adults for eight weeks, giving 39 of them 1,680 milligrams of
cordyceps a day in capsules and the other 40 were given a placebo. The
cordyceps produced a 38 percent increase in natural killer (NK) cell activity,
which plays a role in immunity by detecting and killing virus-infected cells,
tumor cells and abnormal cells.