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The Real Science behind the Benefits of Mushrooms
From scientists, not farmers.
Mushrooms are hella trendy nowadays, but how do they even work? From powders in your coffee to vitamins with mushrooms added, the shroom-boom continues to mushroom — but as a skeptic of, well, everything, I needed to know how exactly these immune-boosting fungi work.
Thankfully, I’ve got a few friends in the pharmaceutical and molecular biology space that were willing to very patiently walk me through the science behind it all. In order for their patience and time to be properly accounted for, I do believe it’s in everyone’s best interest to have access to this information, so, without further ado — here are the 9 most common medicinal mushrooms you’ll likely hear about these days, along with just how they work in the body (and how they’ve been used in the past).
Disclaimer: I’m neither a mycologist nor a doctor. I fully respect Paul Stamets and all the mycophiles out there, as well as all the researchers and doctors. I am, however, am someone that wants to know exactly how the things I consume affect (or don’t affect) my body — and that is how this document came to be.
These mushrooms are listed in no particular order of importance.
