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Can Reishi Cold Brew Coffee Improve Gut Health?
Medicinal mushrooms have become an invaluable health supplement due to their antioxidant, immune-enhancing, and anti-inflammatory properties. Furthermore, they help balance stress levels while improving sleep quality – this makes incorporating mushroom coffee into daily routines an excellent way to increase gut health, boost mood, and increase energy.
Cold brew coffee is used as its acidity is lower and provides a smoother taste, and then mixed with functional mushrooms such as chaga, reishi, lion’s mane and cordyceps to create mushroom coffee – these medicinal mushrooms include rich antioxidants that support immunity; reduce stress; promote mental clarity and increase brain power; Lion’s mane promotes memory and cognitive functions while cordyceps improve exercise performance while supporting natural energy production as well as regulating hormone systems within the body.
Mushrooms contain prebiotic soluble fiber that stimulates the growth of beneficial bacteria in your digestive tract – which is essential to overall gut health. By including mushroom coffee into your diet, it may help balance out and maintain proper digestive functioning as well as reduce inflammation and improve nutrient absorption.
Pour room temperature water into a glass jar with a lid and place in the fridge for 12-24 hours before adding mushroom powders, reishi extract, grated ginger, cinnamon and coconut or cashew nut butter as ingredients to be blended on high for 10 seconds until desired flavor has been reached. Adjust as necessary using milk or sweeteners of choice before serving and enjoying!