I THINK I SHOULD HAVE EATEN THIS MUSHROOM INSTEAD OF PHOTOGRAPHING IT!!!! (hahahaha!)
Lion's mane mushrooms may help with the following:
Inflammation contributes to many medical conditions, including diabetes, heart disease, and autoimmune diseases.
Lion's mane mushrooms may enhance the immune system, partly by reducing inflammation and preventing oxidation.
Research on mice suggests that lion's mane mushrooms may boost the activity of the intestinal immune system.
Extracts from lion's mane mushrooms may be beneficial in the treatment of anxiety and depression.
Women with a variety of health complaints, including menopausal symptoms and poor sleep quality, ate cookies containing lion's mane extracts or placebo cookies for 4 weeks. The participants who ate the extract reported lower levels of irritation and anxiety than those in the placebo group.
It is possible that lion's mane mushrooms might boost cognitive function, but the existing research is mainly on animals.
Other researchers have concluded that the mushrooms may have the potential to treat or prevent diseases that cause a decline in cognitive health, such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.
Adults aged between 50 and 80 years with mild cognitive impairment found that daily consumption of mushroom extract for 16 weeks led to higher scores on cognitive function scales compared with a placebo group. These scores decreased again once the participants stopped taking the extract.
