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Shiitake mushroom is used as food and medicine in Japan, China and Korea. Its umami flavor is unique and its bioactive compound lentinan has been used in stomach and lung cancer. Please click on image for slide presentation
Black Chinese mushroom known as Hei Mu-erh has been used as food and medicine for thousands of years in China. Scientists have discovered that it has multiple health benefits. Please click on the image for slide presentation.
"Let food be thy medicine and let medicine be thy food"
9 out of 20 amino acids are essential because they not synthesized in the body. They have to be ingested from food. Amino acids are building blocks of protein which provide vital functions of the body.
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Food as Medicine is known 5000 years ago by Sheng Nong, the Father of Chinese Medicine. Hippocrates (460-370 BC), Father of Western Medicine said "Let food be thy medicine and let medicine be thy food."
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A new techique for the study of Dynamics of Renin-Angiotensin Sytem revealed that the the conversion of inactive angiotensin I to active angiotensin II took place in the lungs and not in circulating blood.
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Studied Pharmacology under 1982 Nobel Laureate Sir John R. Vane, Kevin KF Ng is a Medical Doctor with extensive experience in research and medical practice. Kevin KF NG was an Associate Professor of Medince at the University of Miam. A pioneer in the discovery of pulmonary angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) and ACE inhibitor in 1967. A skillful Internal Medicine Physician having practiced medicine for over fifty years now makes available his expertise for online consultations on drugs, food, dietary supplements, extracts of spices and herbs for pain, insect bites and stings, sports injuries and palliative care.
Major scientific publications can be viewed at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kevin_Ng13/contributions