How Mushrooms Help with Cognition

This lion's mane really live up to its name? Does it really help with cognition?

I think the lion's mane really does help with cognition.

But the.

Thing with lion's mane is that you need to be consuming at.

Least like, 2.

Grams of the.

Extract daily.

And what the.

Studies show is that.

When you stop consuming the lion's mane, it stops having benefits. So it really only seems to be.

Helpful.

While you're taking it.

But I have seen it be very helpful in.

Situations where you don't necessarily need to be taking it long term, like for recovery from traumatic brain injury.

Or recovery.

From stroke.

As far as, like, does it prevent.

Dementia or does it prevent neurodegenerative disease? I'm not totally convinced that lion's mane does. I mean, definitely doesn't do that better than, like, exercise, you know, other kinds of compounds in lion's mane and mushrooms, like maitake and oyster mushroom, like ergothioneine, for example.

There's probably more likely that the more.

Ergothioneine you have in your diet regularly.

Will help to.

Prevent neurodegenerative disease.

I think that also it's like if.

You'Re eating mushrooms, if you're eating lion's mane on a daily.

Basis, you're also.

Supporting blood sugar regulation, you're also supporting your gut microbiome. All of those things.

Are helpful for.

Preventing neurodegenerative disease and helping your, you know, brain and your nervous system.