Known to CTM for, what, 4,000 years?
Well, that's why they wanted to study it.
Study finds mushrooms magnify memory by boosting nerve growth
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#52> ...have been used in traditional medicine in Asian countries for centuries
Seriously, is there ANYTHING that is not used in Chinese medicine?
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#53Lion’s Mane mushroom is a reasonably safe supplement if you want to experiment. Be warned that it has a reputation for suppressing libido, reducing motivation, or inducing apathy in some people. Some people seem to like it, but it’s not really the miracle mushroom that all of the YouTube ads and podcasts are suggesting lately.
It works pretty well. Been talking it for years and there seems to be a small noticeable boost. 2 things: 1) the effects are gone if you stop taking it 2) you're going to have some weird dreams if you take it in the evening (ie take it in the morning) Apart from that, I have not noticed any libido, motivation or aphathy side effects but that's a data point of 1. YMMV
Yeah never affected libido for me or motivation. But I also take other supplements inc NMN, Creatine, BCD vits, Zinc, Magnesium, and sometimes Modafinil and eat a meat based diet.
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#54If "study finds" anything, it's safe to run away from it. It's the same studies that found "cholesterol free" toxic plant oils (that they produce just to prevent from being eaten) to be healthier than the ONE COMMON food ingredient that all of humanity has had in their diets: "animal fats"... it's the same studies that found untested, unproven vaccines to be "safe and effective".
"Study finding it beneficial" is a signal that people have stopped eating shitty low-nutrient, low quality, cheap to grow fungus... but they really want to sell it for a premium.
Unlike fruit-bearing plants, fungus do not benefit from anything or anyone eating them... so fungus have no incentive to be symbiotic. There is no reason to eat fungus except in the face of starvation.
Re: Study finds mushrooms magnify memory by boosting nerve growth
#55Lion’s Mane mushroom is a reasonably safe supplement if you want to experiment. Be warned that it has a reputation for suppressing libido, reducing motivation, or inducing apathy in some people. Some people seem to like it, but it’s not really the miracle mushroom that all of the YouTube ads and podcasts are suggesting lately.
Sounds like most cholinergics then?
How does it differ from racetams/uridine/huperzine in your experience, if you've tried any of those?
Re: Study finds mushrooms magnify memory by boosting nerve growth
#56Lion’s Mane mushroom is a reasonably safe supplement if you want to experiment. Be warned that it has a reputation for suppressing libido, reducing motivation, or inducing apathy in some people. Some people seem to like it, but it’s not really the miracle mushroom that all of the YouTube ads and podcasts are suggesting lately.
What if you mix it with Mucuna Pruriens?
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#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hey there, mind sharing the product? Sounds interesting!
I add Laird Performance Mushroom powder to my coffee… when I can remember. Unfortunately it’s not cheap. I leaned about it from Dr Rhonda Patrick https://lairdsuperfood.com/products/performance-mushrooms?va...
This brand, along with most other US sourced products (including Paul Stamet's brand) contains more biomass (the grain substrate on which mushroom grows) than the mushroom itself. For instance, one of the FAQ on their site states it has 2g of starch per 2g serving!
I am looking for a good lion's mane supplement in the US too but I haven't found a good one yet.
Re: Study finds mushrooms magnify memory by boosting nerve growth
#58If "study finds" anything, it's safe to run away from it. It's the same studies that found "cholesterol free" toxic plant oils (that they produce just to prevent from being eaten) to be healthier than the ONE COMMON food ingredient that all of humanity has had in their diets: "animal fats"... it's the same studies that found untested, unproven vaccines to be "safe and effective". "Study finding it beneficial" is a si…
Edible mushrooms do benefit from being eaten. Their total biomass is today much greater than if they'd remained naturally-selected, growing in the wild. That said, the evolutionary feedback loop of incrementally more intelligent humans farming and eating them does seem tenuous.
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#59makes sense similar effect to beer on belly
Huh?!
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
Remember that all of this research is done on mouse strains in highly controlled lab environments. Many of these results won’t even apply to other strains from what they were tested leave alone mice in the wild. PS: strains means stable inbred clone producing animals.
Is this for the purpose of more easily identifying causative factors? Kind of like always developing/debugging in the same environment for reproducible results?
Yes, but at the same time most inbred strains have genetic disorders precisely because they are inbred. E.g. the most commonly used strain C57BL/6 develops age-related hearing loss. To avoid this, there are other lab strains like CD-1, which are deliberately bred to maintain a controlled level of genetic heterogeneity.