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Can I Add Reishi Mushroom Powder to My Coffee?
Mushrooms are an incredible source of vitamins and phytochemicals. Packed full of vitality-boosting properties like antidiabetics, immunomodulators and hypertensives; mushrooms are known to help boost your health in various ways.
Cordyceps, chaga and lion’s mane mushrooms are some of the more widely consumed varieties used to mix with coffee; other mushrooms, like shiitake or turkey tail are often included too. Companies offer mushroom coffee blends either instantly, ground or pod form; you may be able to create your own DIY mushroom coffee by starting small to gauge how your body responds. It is especially important if you have an extremely sensitive gut.
Reishi mushrooms are an incredible immune stimulant with many health advantages, including strengthening immunity, fighting fatigue and inducing restful sleep. Reishi also has antioxidant, antihypertensive, antimicrobial and antimutagenic properties which provide further health advantages.
Reishi mushrooms appear to work by stimulating white blood cells to destroy abnormal cell growth, making them ideal for use as part of cancer therapy treatment. Reishi also boasts anti-tumor, cytotoxic and anti-inflammatory properties which make this herb particularly useful.
Reishi mushrooms have long been revered in Traditional Chinese Medicine as one of the oldest medicinal mushrooms. Revered both in China and Japan for their ability to boost energy levels, promote vitality, and prolong life – in Asia sometimes even known as an “Elixir of Immortality”. Reishi may also help combat fatigue and improve sleep quality while alleviating symptoms associated with chronic diseases like high blood pressure, asthma, or heart failure.