111: The Miracle of Mushrooms with Jeff Chilton

This episode, Julianne interviews Jeff Chilton, President of Nammex Organic Mushroom Extracts.

Raised in the Pacific Northwest, Jeff Chilton studied Ehtno-mycology at the University of Washington. He is a true lover of mushrooms and has been a pioneer in the Medicinal Mushroom industry ever since he began his career working on a large commercial mushroom farm in 1973. In 1989, he started Nammex, a business that introduced medicinal mushrooms to the US nutritional supplement industry. His company was the first to offer a complete line of Certified Organic mushroom extracts to the US nutritional supplement industry. Today, Nammex is the largest medicinal mushroom raw materials supplier in North America.

In this episode, Julianne and Jeff talk

• Nutritional benefits of mushrooms
• Edible vs non-edible (supplement only)
• Medicinal mushrooms and their different properties
• Supplements and how to determine the real ones
• Organic v conventional, raw vs cooked, etc.

This episode is absolutely jam-packed with information!

“I think they’re [mushrooms] really the missing link, foodwise, so I think people should just get them into your diet, you’ll love them, they’re great!”

You can keep up with Jeff through his company at nammex.com and get more information and supplements through realmushrooms.com