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ction In the late 1990′s Chaga was virtually unknown as a dietary supplement, with the exception of Russia and a few countries in SE-Asia  (mainly Korea, China and Japan) . Daniel Vitalis, a successful ‘health-guru’ Now, it is 2012 and Chaga is one of the hypes of the day, a hype fueled both online and offline by health-gurus like  David Wolfe, Daniel Vitalis and  Cass Ingram . ‘ King of Herbs ‘ it is called, and if you have to believe all the health claims made on the internet, Chaga is the cure for almost everything. Of course, this is grossly exaggerated. Large numbers tend to impress people, so Chaga promotion is always dressed up with a lot of large numbers, ranging from its age  (‘Over 4600 years ago…’) , its active ingredients  (‘Over 215 phyto-nutrients, massive amounts of zinc…’) , the number of scientific publications so far  (‘Over 1400  (also: ‘1600’)  studies…’) , its anti-oxidant score  (‘Tufts University research...