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Hericium erinaceus (Lion's mane mushroom) has isolates called Hericenones and Erinacine that promote nerve growth factor synthesis and a lot of other Neurohealt
by SailingSperm 6y ago
Hericium erinaceus (Lion's mane mushroom) has isolates called Hericenones and Erinacine that promote nerve growth factor synthesis and a lot of other Neurohealth benifits being found to do with the compounds the fungi produces.
The influence of Hericium erinaceus extract on myelination process in vitro
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12675022/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12675022/
Neurohealth Properties of Hericium erinaceus Mycelia Enriched with Erinacines
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5987239/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5987239/
Protip: If/When buying supplements -- There's many that are just selling capsules of ground myceliated brf (brown rice flour - the substrate inoculated/grown on). Mycelium is the 'roots/pre fruiting stage' of the fungi -- The fruit body/ mushroom itself has much greater concentrations of the desired compounds.
- NalNezumi 6y agoWas about to write this. Here's also an easy summary of it's effect and recommendation If one consider buying supplements: https://www.reddit.com/r/MushroomSupplements/comments/h090ry/lions_mane_best_supplements_how_it_works/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MushroomSupplements/comments/h090ry... Bought some myself and tried to track its effect by playing 3DS Devilish Brain Training game and track performance.
- sail0rm00n 6y agoDid you notice an improvement?
- NalNezumi 6y agoNothing definitive. After 1 week I managed to achieve life-time high score in focus and short-term memory task (my previous high-score was from Uni while studying Physics), but I'm susceptible to placebo so I can't rule out that effect. I feel like I have less "brain-fog" or rather, brain-fog induced procrastination though. But taking this coincided with a less-stressful time of my life so It might be related to both.
- jonathanleane 6y agoHow do you know if you're getting the actual mushroom vs. the substrate?
- hanniabu 6y agoIf only there was some body of regulation that could help sort this stuff out without influence from industry. (not sarcasm)
- pstuart 6y agoAgreed, but that regulation should be on purity and label accuracy, and not venture into "sorry, we don't approve of this -- you can't have it".
- hinkley 6y agoLearn to cook lions main. It’s very distinct.
- SailingSperm 6y agoThe ingredients list / packaging should say something like dried fruiting body... or if you're getting the rubbish = myceliated grain or mycelial biomass. The reddit link provided by NalNezumi is very good. Here's just another link of some lighter details. https://learn.freshcap.com/tips/myceliated-grain/ https://learn.freshcap.com/tips/myceliated-grain/
- collyw 6y agoThey say similar things about psilocybin and magic mushrooms, but some people still eat the mycelium to get the effects. I guess it's more economical to just grow mycelium.
- throwaway584568 6y agoI have small fiber neuropathy, with de-mylinated peripheral nerves. I tried lion's mane (amongst many other things), but it didn't help. I'd made sure t get one that was comprised only of the fruiting bodies, with a tested percentage of polysaccharides.
- sixdimensional 6y agoI tried taking this for a while, but found that I started having really bad headaches. I was taking a well known brand from Amazon. I couldn't be 100% sure the headaches were due to the Lion's mane, but felt better after I stopped taking it. I was pretty bummed, I was hoping for a little boost from this as I had read good things about it, including the NIH articles you posted. I can also confirm, finding the supplements that are not just mostly the ground brown rice flour is also a little difficult.
- fsn4dN69ey 6y agoAre there any concerns about the active NGF compounds being 5a-reductase inhibitors?