Since childhood we remember that medicine tastes … bitter. Indeed many truly active compounds have a bold bitter flavor. Yet the health benefits are definitely worth the effort. Health experts from Penn Medicine Center believe that bitter compounds in food contribute to our ability to fight off upper respiratory tract infections, while researchers from National Cancer institute admit that bitter taste may play role in cancer prevention. But is there a way to biohack bitters, so that all healthy compounds are preserved? Medicinal food & superfood chef Lari from Four Sigma Foods says there’s a way to make your medicine work in an enjoyable way. See what ingredients Lari is using in his medicinal drinks: Chaga mushroom. More than 1600 scientific research studies on chaga have proven it to be one of nature’s most powerful cancer-fighting agents. The mushroom lives on birch trees in many regions of the Northern Hemisphere and includes 215 different phytonutrients with antioxidative, immunostimulatory, anticancer, and anti-inflammatory effects. Reishi mushrooms. The number of academic works in Japan, China and the UK has documented the value of reishi in treating a wide variety of diseases, common ailments and conditions. Reishi may possess anti-tumor, immunomodulatory, and immunotherapeutic effects. Besides battling …