Application of GMM/Northwest Medical Mushroom Formula to Horses©
Author: Marvin S. Hausman MD - Page 3

Antioxidants Protect the Immune System

All living organisms including horses are exposed on a daily basis to attacks by free radicals, also called reactive oxygen species and to survive require a powerful antioxidant defense system.

• L-Ergothioneine (LE), a substance mushrooms have in abundance, is one of the most potent antioxidants in the world.
• Horses cannot manufacture LE.
• LE is taken up from the soil by various plants and is then consumed in the diet by animals.
• 1 unit of LE approximately equals 7, 000 units of Trolox (water soluble vitamin E).
• What is most fascinating is that mammals cannot synthesize LE but contain a specific transport system to ensure delivery of this essential nutrient to key cells within the body.
• No other needed nutrient in the body has its own transport system!!
• The GGM/NW mushroom formula has been designed to provide needed high levels of LE that specifically fit into this transporter to ensure delivery.