
Special mushroom fight obesity via altering gut microbiome
Chih-Jung Chang, etc. (July 2015) Ganoderma lucidum reduces obesity in mice by modulating the composition of the gut microbiota. Nature Communications http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/150623/ncomms8489/full/ncomms8489.html The prevalence of obesity represents a major threat to public health as it often accompanied with a panel of diseases due to low grade chronic inflammation, including type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular diseases, stroke, etc. There is a gr