In less than ten years, maitake mushroom (Grifola frondosa) has gone from obscurity to super-stardom in the American dietary supplement market. For centuries, maitake has commanded high regard in traditional Chinese medicine and Japanese herbology as both a food and a medicine. Today, scientific research substantiates the value of a maitake extract called SX-fraction as a nutritional adjuvant for preventing and treating diabetes and a group of dangerous health conditions known as Syndrome X. Learn more about the health benefits of maitake with this helpful booklet.