Add this nutritious hot chocolate blend of cacao and mushrooms to your diet to support overall wellbeing. With ingredients like Lion’s Mane, Cordyceps, Chaga, Turkey Tail Shiitake Reishi included it’s sure to give your body what it needs for optimal performance!

mushroom tea making is simple and effortless, whether you want a relaxing cup of reishi before bed or something more stimulating like focus-boosting lion’s mane, you’re bound to make the ideal cup every time!

Cacao

Cacao is an amazing superfood, known to help improve sleep and mental wellbeing, natural energy booster and high levels of antioxidants. While you can find cacao in chocolate form, for maximum nutritional benefit consume it raw; cacao offers vitamins, minerals and fatty acids in addition to magnesium and zinc that make up its full spectrum of benefits.

Cacao plants produce yellow oval-shaped pods containing yellow pulp and seeds. Cacao beans must undergo several steps before being turned into cocoa or chocolate: first the pods are cracked open, the pulp scooped out and left behind, followed by fermenting for up to seven days before drying; this fermentation process gives cacao its unique taste and health benefits.

Fermenting beans releases tryptophan, which acts as an precursor for serotonin and helps improve sleep quality while serotonin acts as an energy boost and mood enhancer that promotes happiness. Furthermore, caffeine in cacao acts as a vasodilator, increasing blood flow to muscles for faster recovery after workouts.

cacao’s flavanols not only promote heart health but can also lower blood pressure, reduce artery-clogging cholesterol levels, and prevent blood clot formation, making cacao an invaluable addition to any diet.

Cacao can also provide anti-ageing effects due to its flavonoids, which increase collagen production for healthy, radiant skin and reduce water loss from skin cells while improving its elasticity and decreasing signs of aging.

Though cacao offers many health advantages, it should still be consumed in moderation. Due to its high fat and caloric intake, small portions should be added to your meals at a time – you could try pairing it with foods such as whole grains or vegetables as an ideal complement or even using cacao as an alternative sweetener instead of refined sugars.

Lion’s Mane

Hericium erinaceus (also known as the pom-pom mushroom, deer tongue mushroom and bearded tooth fungus) is an edible and medicinal mushroom with an appearance resembling that of a maned lion or bearded hedgehog and fuzzy white spines, often mistaken for that of either species. These shaggy appearances give rise to its other names: deer tongue mushroom (deer tongue mushroom), bearded tooth fungus and bearded tooth fungus). All these forms can be taken raw, cooked or taken as powder capsules or tinctures containing compounds which help support healthy nervous systems as well as mood boosting effects.

Science Advances recently reported that Lion’s Mane stimulates neurons – the primary cell type in your brain – to both grow and create new connections. N-de phenylethyl isohericerin and its derivative hericene A stimulate the production of Nerve Growth Factor (NGF), an essential protein which protects existing neurons while encouraging their proliferation and encourages their expansion. These brain-enhancing actions have been proven to alleviate mild cognitive impairment as well as reverse its damage from neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

Lion’s Mane can also enhance your mental health, helping to focus and manage stress more effectively. Research suggests it may even aid in alleviating symptoms associated with depression such as fatigue, persistent sadness or hopelessness, difficulty concentrating and general lack of interest in daily activities. Some studies indicate it could even speed up recovery from brain trauma faster.

Lion’s mane provides another benefit of eating it: aiding digestion by decreasing bacterial infections. In particular, it has been known to kill Helicobacter pylori bacteria which cause stomach ulcers and acidity.

Research in this area remains preliminary; it has been discovered to increase natural killer cells which attack cancerous cells and other microbes found within your body.

Add Lion’s Mane into your diet by including powdered or tinctured supplements in smoothies, matcha drinks or hot chocolate beverages. Or add it directly into soups, eggs, sauteing vegetables with it or pairing it with garlic, lemon juice and soy sauce which all pair nicely to bring out its unique natural taste.

Tremella

Tremella doesn’t resemble your standard mushroom at all–in fact, it doesn’t even resemble one at all! Instead, this species belongs to the jelly fungus family and goes by various names depending on where you’re located; China refers to it as Bai Mu Er, while Koreans refer to it as Eunibeoseot or Silver Ear Mushroom while in Japan it’s commonly referred to as Shiro Kikurage.

Tremella, commonly referred to as a beauty mushroom, has long been utilized in Chinese medicine as an anti-aging aid. According to research studies conducted on Tremella extracts, its health-giving benefits can include supporting lung, kidneys, heart, stomach and acting as a potent qi and jing tonic; clearing heat and dryness from the body (especially dehydration cases); replenishing fluid levels within it and helping balance blood sugar and cholesterol levels in addition to replenishing fluid reserves in dehydrated bodies – among many more benefits it claims!

Tremella is well-known in skincare for its hydrating abilities, holding up to 500 times its own weight in water and being packed with antioxidants that combat signs of aging while improving elasticity and resilience of skin. Furthermore, Tremella helps promote collagen production – essential to keeping younger-looking skin.

Tremella provides long-lasting hydration when used in skin care products, and can increase the effectiveness of other ingredients such as retinol or peptides. Furthermore, it contains anti-inflammatory properties which help reduce redness and irritation as well as improve texture of your skin.

As with any new ingredient, it is advisable to speak to your healthcare provider prior to using Tremella in any product. Tremella may cause some side effects like stomach upset and fatigue and interact with medications; additionally it should be avoided in pregnancy or breastfeeding due to possible allergic reactions and interactions.

Tremella is generally safe to consume. However, some individuals may experience allergic reactions to certain parts of the plant; so before adding Tremella into your diet or skincare routine it’s a good idea to consult a physician and start with small dosage increments and gradually increase them over time.

Reishi

Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) has long been esteemed in traditional Chinese medicine as the mushroom of immortality, touted to bolster immune health, improve heart health, and support sleep quality. Available as capsules, powder and extract forms and packed with bioactive compounds shown to have antitumoral, antiviral and immunostimulatory benefits for body systems – Reishi can boost your immunity while improving heart health, helping you sleep soundly at night!

Reishi contains many essential amino acids, including the branched chain amino acid leucine which can help your muscles recover after workouts and your skin stay hydrated. Furthermore, Reishi contains glucosamines and chondroitin which have been proven to support joint health.

Studies demonstrate that Reishi may assist in managing blood pressure and cholesterol, as well as decreasing triglyceride levels to promote cardiovascular wellness. Furthermore, it has antioxidant properties which may provide protection from oxidative stress damage.

Research indicates that Reishi has hepatoprotective qualities, possibly improving liver function. Doses of 6-12 grams daily may provide benefits. Clinical trials using Ganopoly as an extract have achieved up to 5.4 g daily use – equivalent to approximately 81 grams of dried Reishi mushrooms!

Reishi may offer benefits in treating clogged arteries and decreasing chest pain for those suffering from angina, as well as helping lower blood sugar in those living with diabetes. Furthermore, studies suggest it could assist hepatitis B patients to fight off infection more quickly while healing more rapidly.

Early evidence points toward Reishi being useful in treating cancer by blocking substances which cause tumors to form and spreading, as well as acting as a preventative agent by keeping cells healthy. While strong evidence remains lacking, some early research hints at its possible utility in combatting cancer by blocking such factors from the body that cause tumor growth. It may even provide some chemopreventive properties by keeping cells healthier over time.

Reishi can increase bleeding, and those taking blood-thinning medications such as aspirin, warfarin (Coumadin), heparin, clopidogrel (Plavix), or pentoxifylline (Trental) should use caution in consuming it. Pregnant or breastfeeding women should only use it under medical supervision; pregnant or breastfeeding mothers should seek advice from their healthcare provider before making a decision to consume Reishi themselves. Furthermore, Reishi may interact with drugs that affect blood clotting; thus should never be combined with blood-thinning medicines like Plavix or Heparin.