Add mushroom powder to your coffee for both taste and health benefits. These powders are composed of dried and ground mushrooms like Lion’s Mane, Reishi, Chaga, Cordyceps or Maitake and sold as nutritional drinks or supplements. Typically brewed first thing in the morning for increased energy levels and less acidity than traditional coffee; it should only be consumed up to two cups per day to prevent stomach aches.

Mushrooms have long been used in traditional Oriental medicine, and more and more studies are supporting some of their properties – like relieving chronic fatigue, improving cognitive performance and supporting cardiovascular health – with mushrooms now also showing promise as supplements in healthy people. But more research needs to be conducted before definitive conclusions can be drawn about these effects on humans.

Consumers should select nutritional supplement brands which comply with good manufacturing practices, provide ingredient lists and submit to third-party testing, while also avoiding products making illegal health claims or not labeled appropriately.

Reishi mushrooms have long been used to strengthen cancer patients’ immunity; however, more research needs to be conducted with healthy adults. Reishi contains beta-glucans which have been found to prevent tumor growth through lab tests as well as stimulate certain white blood cells which target abnormal cells.