Functional Mushroom Gummies and Their Health Benefits
The first step when considering a new kind of health treatment should be to understand what you will be taking, and in this case, we must understand this: what are functional mushrooms? After all, mushrooms are a kind of food, and they contain protein, which makes them particularly useful in a vegetarian or vegan diet, along with vitamins and minerals. But functional? In dietary terms that's a new one for most people.
In this case, functional means they contain substances that go above and beyond nutrition, which is keeping the body supplied with what it needs to function normally and providing things that can protect against illness and sometimes the negative aspects of simply growing older. That takes it into the category of medicines. For those exploring functional mushrooms for the first time, our focus CBD gummies offer a convenient introduction.
Soups and stews containing functional mushrooms can be effective, but they are unscientific. There is no precision regarding the amount of whatever key element they contain. That element needs to be isolated from the plant and presented as a clear, guaranteed quantity, and that can be in pill form, as a powder, or as an ingredient in a liquid – just so long as we know exactly what is in there and exactly how much of it, so we can consume the right thing in the correct amount.
So, we're looking at medicinal mushrooms which come in the form of gummies: chewy but easily dissolving gelatin-based candy, usually fruit-flavored, of the sort more often chewed purely for enjoyment. Gummies that contain substances designed to help medical conditions are therefore a happy combination of tasty and medicinal. Gummies are a pleasant way of "taking your medicine" and a welcome step forward from old attitudes that insisted we had to suffer to gain any benefit.
The emergence of mushroom gummies falls neatly into the movement that is growing in this country, namely a desire to look past recent medical science and its obsession with synthetic products and back to the countless substances that exist right under our noses as part of plants that have always been with us, their wonderful properties unexplored and therefore unknown. If you're interested in exploring other healthy gummy options, consider trying our stress relief gummies.
And yet with us, they have always been. There may have been no scientific proof to support a particular idea, but in other cultures, such homespun wisdom has been taken more seriously and now many of these natural remedies are finding their way into health stores and even pharmacies – suitably tested, refined in laboratories and presented in forms that fit into modern bounds of acceptability, and with extravagant clams toned down.
The medical world was rightly concerned – and still is – about where mushrooms are found. They grow in damp soil, down where the dirt goes, or on tree stumps and roots. In some cases, they can grow on caterpillars. These conditions couldn't be further from what we would regard as "clinical", which evokes white walls, stainless steel, and regular sterilization. But mushrooms can be taken into such an environment and their active ingredients extracted under clinical conditions, which takes them safely into the scrupulously sterile world of modern medicine. After all, where did penicillin come from? Mold, and you don't see much of that in a laboratory, because it is a health hazard.
Just as the laboratory itself may once have been a location of an unhygienic nature before it was sanitized and built, so the wonderful ingredients of a mushroom can be taken from their dubious source and given a new role of strictly clinical perfection.
Why Health Benefits Vary Between Different Mushroom Gummies
They may all be mushroom gummies, but it depends on what kinds of mushrooms they contain, so let's take some of the main ones individually. Mushrooms have been used for centuries in folk medicine in China and other Asian countries, and as such have sometimes been given dramatic names with extravagant claims. Our natural tendency in 21st century USA to demand proven facts should not let such unscientific enthusiasm cloud our judgment.
Reishi is known as an energizer, a mushroom that revitalizes the body. That's why it is sometimes known by the over-excited tag, the mushroom of immortality. It's the sort of name that would have been applied by earlier cultures, people who experimented with mushrooms and were excited by the results but were not restricted by rules regarding excessive or unrealistic claims. In the US and many other countries now, you can't go around claiming your products will keep people alive forever unless they really will, and that has yet to happen. Discover the benefits of our mint CBD enhancer for a refreshing way to enjoy CBD.
However, reishi mushrooms have been shown to have positive benefits for health and vitality, so let's give them the credit they deserve.
Lion's Mane is an appealing name that doesn't in itself make unrealistic claims; it just sounds powerful. And indeed, Lion's Mane mushrooms are famous for supporting brain health. A term that is often used in this context is cognitive function, which means related to brain functions such as reasoning and understanding. Lion's mane gummies have anti-inflammatory properties and are a good defense against free radicals, the troublesome atoms that play such a key role in causing decay, speeding the body's general age-related decline. Also known to help reduce anxiety and depression, Lion's Mane mushrooms are among the shining lights of this kind of medicinal progress. For additional cognitive support, consider our watermelon THC gummies.
They are called by that name because they resemble the big-haired crowning glory of the male lion – not a bad natural advantage in the world of advertising – particularly as they do a good job in reality.
Chaga mushrooms are rich in antioxidants and contain bioactive compounds like polysaccharides, triterpenoids, polyphenols, and lignin metabolites. They are used for their ability to balance the immune system and protect against inflammation in the gut and elsewhere. Other benefits are thought to include protecting against liver damage and stomach ulcers, while on the visible side is their role in supporting skin health.
Cordyceps is another mushroom highly regarded for helping in many respects including the immune system, athletic performance, liver function, and even neurodegenerative disorders such as dementia. Alzheimer's disease is one of the high-profile issues of the age, and cordyceps sometimes gets a mention in this respect, as does Lion's Mane.
So, mushrooms and health benefits may have seemed an unlikely combination at first, but the science continues and the evidence is growing.
