Lions Mane Mushroom & Your Brain
Have you heard the buzz around lions mane mushroom? This white, hairy looking mushroom has had a lot of fame lately for good reason! You may have heard it called Hericium Erinaceus (latin name), mushroom for the mind, and the popular lions mane due to the white shaggy quality of the mushroom. It is one of our all-time favorite mushrooms and our Lions Mane THINK tincture is our best-selling tincture.
Why is lions mane so awesome? Let’s start with a quick story.
It was 2014, far before Manuka Mana was established, when we found our first lions mane mushroom in the wild. We were living in the San Francisco Bay Area working long days and absorbed in the busyness of life. One day we were sitting in our front lawn when we looked over the fence at our neighbors’ yard. In the center of the yard there was the stump from a tree that had been cut down a few months prior. And on the very middle of that stump was a large, white, fuzzy looking ball. After close inspection, we determined it was a lions mane mushroom. Score, we found one! That euphoric feeling inspired us to knock on our neighbor’s door and ask if we could have the mushroom growing on their dead tree stump. Confused and perplexed they agreed and we came home with our first “wild foraged” lions mane mushroom.
Since that initial experience, we have spent countless hours researching and working with lions mane mushroom. This phenomenal mushroom has many proven health benefits.
Brain and cognitive support:
🧠Lions mane mushrooms stimulate the production of two key compounds: nerve growth factor (NGF) and brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)
💡NGF & BDNF stimulate the production of new brain cells resulting in improved memory and learning.
❤️ Lion's mane mushroom has been shown to protect brain cells and nerves from degeneration (this amazing mushroom could help to prevent degenerative brain diseases)
Sleep:
😴 Lion's mane mushroom promotes NGFs (neural growth factor), which support natural rhythms of sleep and wakefulness.
👍🏽Lion's mane has been shown to decrease wakefulness during the active phase of sleep (REM).
😊 Lion's mane increases BDNF which is closely correlated with reduced anxiety, better stress resistance, improved mood, and better sleep.
The THINK Lions Mane Honey Tincture is our best selling tincture for good reason! Our community has reported more mental clarity, better sleep and memory recall after adding this tincture to their daily routine. We take this tincture every day for our own brain health and have gifted this tincture to so many in our circle to share the brain boosting love.
If you aren’t taking lion's mane daily, you should consider it to enhance memory, focus, learning over the long term, to improve sleep quality and reduce anxiety. It makes a great gift too! Share the mush love ❤️
