Вкусный стиль жизни

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double extraction, this is the method used to obtain the maximum health benefits from mushrooms. It’s used especially with varieties like chaga, reishi, turkey tail, and others that can’t simply be sautéed in a pan or easily ground into a powder. It’s a two-step process: first, an alcohol extraction pulls out the fat-soluble compounds (creating a tincture), and second, a hot-water extraction pulls out the water-soluble compounds from the fungi (creating a decoction).
In the alcohol extraction, the mushrooms are soaked in alcohol, often for multiple weeks, to release the fat-soluble compounds, like the terpenoids. Fat-soluble compounds are impervious to hot water, so alcohol is necessary to draw them out. The mushrooms are then dropped into hot water to release the water-soluble polysaccharides. The water needs to be hot because polysaccharides are essentially sugars—this makes sense when you consider how much more readily sugar dissolves in hot water than in cold. These two extractions can then be combined or consumed individually. You can also easily evaporate the alcohol from the tincture if you don’t wish to consume it, or you can use vinegar or glycerol as the solvent instead. Regardless of which solvent you use, the dual-extraction method is key to obtaining the maximum health benefits from fungi.