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In this episode, Dr. Rob Silver discusses his book on the health benefits of mushrooms for pets.

All right, good people. Welcome to episode #20 where we are going to talk with Dr. Rob Silver about his new book “There is a Mushroom for that” Learn How Mushrooms, Cannabis and Integrative Medicine Help Your Pets Live Long and Healthy lives. This book is a guide to managing your pets' health. We love to talk about mycozooism on this show, that is the interconnectedness of fungi and animals. We have mentioned on this show several times that animals and Fungi share a common ancestor and that Animals and Fungi are much more closely related to Animals than plants. Knowing this it seems pretty reasonable to assume that many of the medicinal properties of functional medicinal mushrooms would apply to animals, in a similar way that they apply to humans. When it comes to medicinal mushrooms the old saying “An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of Cure” is definitely true, historically mushrooms have been included in diets as a defense as much as a cure but they are also used to boost one's immune system therefore encouraging your body to fight off disease. Like most mushroom books this book starts with a mandatory introduction to Mushrooms and Mushroom physiology. I have…

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Guest: Dr. Rob Silver

Topics covered

• mushrooms
• integrative medicine
• pet health
• mycozooism
• medicinal mushrooms

Keywords

• mushrooms
• pets
• health
• integrative medicine
• medicinal properties

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Books & works: There is a Mushroom for that

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