Can a Cultured Mushroom Extract *REALLY* Shrink Tumors, Clear HPV & Supercharge Immunity?, with Meagan Lindquist
Boundless Life
Ben Greenfield
4.6 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
In this episode with Meagan Lindquist, you’ll discover the world of AHCC, a cultured mushroom extract with a remarkable range of health benefits. We explore its origins, patented culturing process in Japan, and what makes AHCC uniquely bioavailable compared to other mushroom supplements. Meagan shares her health journey, her experiences supporting patients, and her passion for spreading awareness about AHCC’s research-backed potential—from cancer and HPV to Lyme disease and overall immune function.
The conversation highlights AHCC’s role as an immunomodulator, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory compound, reviewing studies that demonstrate its benefits for general immune support and as complementary therapy for serious conditions, such as cancer and chronic infections. Practical topics include supplement quality, dosing, and how to find credible sources. By the end, you’ll have insights and actionable information to evaluate AHCC as part of a thoughtful, science-driven approach to immune optimization and integrative health.
Meagan (Mimi) Lindquist (@mimi_themedicin) is the co-founder of The Medicin, alongside her husband Chase. Together, they provide high-quality mushroom products to the world. With her background as a clinical dental hygienist, nutrition guide, and AHCC educator, she has been helping others prevent disease for over 12 years. Now, Mimi is dedicated to sharing the benefits of Immune Intel AHCC, a mushroom product unlike any other, to as many people as possible.
She hosts monthly live calls with Dr. Nathan Riley for women trying to clear HPV naturally using AHCC. In her words, it is her "life's passion to spread the word about how powerful it is."
Full show notes: bengreenfieldlife.com/ahccpodcast
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| 0:00.0 | My name is Ben Greenfield and on this episode of the Boundless Life podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | So they gave these 195 participants about six grams of HCC per day for six months. |
| 0:11.0 | And they were measuring the tumor size, the tumor mass, and also NK cell activation and some other anti-cancer cytokines, these chemical messengers that |
| 0:22.6 | start to tell the body to break this tumor down. |
| 0:25.6 | They were measuring all of this. |
| 0:26.6 | The results were absolutely astounding. |
| 0:29.6 | Welcome to the boundless life with me, your host, Ben Greenfield. |
| 0:34.6 | I'm a personal trainer, exercise physiologist, and nutritionist, and I'm |
| 0:38.6 | passionate about helping you discover unparalleled levels of health, fitness, longevity, and beyond. |
| 0:51.0 | You may have heard of Shilagit before. |
| 0:54.4 | Shilajilajit is fun to say. |
| 0:57.0 | It comes from the Himalayas. |
| 0:58.2 | A lot of it is just nasty and full of all the things you'll find in soil, especially heavy metals. |
| 1:03.7 | But good Shilagit is also rich in folvic acid, humic acid, vitamins, enzymes, bioflavinoids, antioxidants, and metabolites. |
| 1:11.3 | I think in Russia, they call it something like conqueror of mountains, destroyer of weaknesses. |
| 1:17.0 | And it tastes like crap, I got to tell you. |
| 1:19.0 | Most Shilogy just tastes like, gosh, it's horrible. |
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| 1:48.4 | I have like five of these Sheilajeet bags in my freezer, |
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