Oyster – The One That Helps Fight HIV and Cancer "Grow readily around the world are rich in protein (30% by dry weight), loaded with B vitamins, are cholesterol free, and have significant levels of the cholesterol-lowering molecule lovastatin." "A 2004 study on HIV patients showed that the mushrooms had some anti-retroviral-induced hyperlipidemia." "There seems to be potential benefit from ingesting a tea made from wood grown, freeze dried oyster mushrooms." "In the International Journal of Oncology, Jedinaki and Silva (2008) identified two molecular mechanisms from alcohol extracts of oyster mushrooms that "specifically inhibits growth of colon and breast cancer cells without significant effect on normal cells, and has a potential therapeutic/preventive effect on breast and colon cancer. " Interesting?