Functional Mushrooms 101

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Perfect Your Skincare Routine with Lion’s Mane

Lion’s Mane mushrooms can help protect against stress and help collagen production to support healthy glowing skin.*

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How to Choose the Right Mushroom Supplement

With the increasing number of mushroom supplements on the market, it's more important than ever to know what makes a good supplement and how to choose the right one.

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The Best Time to Take Mushroom Gummies for Maximum Benefits

Functional mushrooms can be consumed at any time of day, though their effects may be magnified when timed with certain activities.*

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How Reishi Mushrooms Can Help You De-Stress and Relax

A growing body of research shows that adaptogens, like Reishi mushrooms, may help combat feelings of stress to help you relax and unwind.*

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Lion’s Mane Mushroom and Weight Loss: A Dietitian’s Perspective

Lion’s Mane mushrooms are a type of functional mushroom with health benefits that may also help you lose weight. These beneficial mushrooms are the non-psychedelic kind that may play a role in fat ...

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Reishi Mushroom Heart Health Benefits

Reishi has over 400 bioactive compounds known to influence blood sugar levels, blood pressure, and blood clotting, all of which play a role in heart health.*

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Lion’s Mane for Seniors: How it Can Help Support Healthy Aging

Getting older is an inevitable part of life, and while health concerns can happen at any time, seniors are more susceptible to a number of challenges. Adding Lion’s Mane to your daily routine can a...

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Can Cordyceps Turn Humans into Zombies?

The type of Cordyceps found in supplements used for centuries in Chinese medicine is not harmful to humans. The zombie Cordyceps is in the same fungi family but in a different species called ophioC...

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Cordyceps Mushrooms: An Aphrodisiac for Sexual Wellness

It may be hard to believe that a "caterpillar fungus" could be a popular aphrodisiac, but Cordyceps mushrooms have been used for sexual health in traditional medicine for years.*

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Taming Stress with Lion’s Mane Mushroom

Lion’s Mane, scientifically known as Hericium erinaceus, has been studied as a functional mushroom with adaptogenic properties. Adaptogens help the body neutralize the harmful effects of stress and...

Lion's Mane mushroom for gut health

Support a Healthy Gut with Lion’s Mane Mushroom

Gut health is essential for the health of your whole body, and the functional mushroom Lion’s Mane can play a positive role.*

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Functional Mushroom Benefits: Mycelium vs. Fruiting Body

If you're interested in mushrooms and their potential health benefits, you may have heard the terms "mycelium" and "fruiting bodies" thrown around. But what do these terms actually mean?