Boost Energy and Brain Health with Adaptogenic Mushroom Coffee

Adaptogenic Coffee - Medicinal mushrooms coffee - Recommended By Dr. Giovanna Maraula

Mushroom coffee combines caffeine and adaptogenic mushrooms, boosting energy, reducing stress, enhancing brain health, and improving immune function.

Mushroom coffee contains caffeine, the most widely used psychoactive substance in the world. It’s a nootropic and helps improve mental functioning. However, it can come with side effects, and mushroom coffee allows us to get all the health benefits of caffeine whilst minimising jitters/anxiety.

Caffeine can increase our cortisol levels (stress hormone), and adaptogens such as medicinal mushrooms can help balance our cortisol levels.

Along with short-term benefits in helping us flow through our day, there are longer-term benefits with regular consumption over extended periods, such as improved long-term memory and brain health from taking lion’s mane. Overall, providing your mind and body with balance, lower stress levels, and a healthy immune system can help you find your flow and have a more productive and healthier life!

Mushroom coffee is a blend of coffee and medicinal mushroom extracts, and it provides a healthier alternative to regular coffee that’s just as delicious, with a slightly earthier flavour. It can help to reduce stress, boost your immune system and medicinal mushrooms are also anti-inflammatory and contain a high amount of antioxidants. Antioxidants are the elements we need to neutralise the free radicals in our bodies, protecting us from cell damage. Not only do they boost our overall health, but they’re also part of the fight against heart disease and cancer. Medicinal mushrooms have been used in traditional medicine in Japanese and Chinese cultures for centuries. Medicinal mushroom extracts are adaptogens – which means they help your body and mind adapt to physical, mental and emotional stressors. Blending them together with a fine micro-ground coffee creates an earthy, delicious cup of coffee with additional health benefits. The micro-ground coffee in London Nootropics blends contains 6% freshly ground coffee, and the rest is spray-dried instant coffee powder and is tested for heavy metals, toxins and mould.
There are multiple reasons why adaptogens, such as medicinal mushrooms, and coffee are the perfect pairing:

  • The first is that with adaptogenic coffee, you get all the benefits of regular coffee while minimizing any side effects. Caffeine is a nootropic, it increases our alertness and attention by blocking our adenosine receptors (which make us drowsy), however, caffeine can also increase our cortisol levels (our stress hormone) – which can result in jitters/anxiety.
  • Adaptogens can help balance our cortisol levels, allowing us to enjoy coffee and get the benefits of caffeine whilst minimising stress! Mushroom coffee has been especially well-received by those of us who are usually sensitive to caffeine, allowing us to enjoy coffee and get the benefits of caffeine – which is a nootropic in itself for its positive effects on cognitive function, without the side-effects.
  • Secondly, caffeine is absorbed quickly and we can start feeling the benefits within 15mins of consumption, however it can lead to a crash. Adaptogens such as medicinal mushrooms can give us a sustained level of energy without a crash. For example, the cordyceps mushroom is known to boost our ATP, our energy molecule, which makes it ideal before working out or when fatigued.

London Nootropics blends contain Lion’s mane mushroom and Cordyceps mushroom:

  • Lion’s mane mushroom is known to improve memory, mental clarity, concentration and overall brain health. It contains unique neuroprotective and neurodegenerative compounds (such as hericenones, hericerins and erinacines) that are known to induce neurogenesis – the growth of new neurons in our brain by increasing the levels of nerve growth factor (NGF). NGF stimulates the growth and regeneration of brain cells, helping us to form new neural pathways – vital for cognitive function – and also improves the strength of neural pathways, which are essential for learning and memory. It’s neuroprotective, helps protect our brain health, and can cross the blood-brain barrier, offering the potential to reduce and prevent neurodegenerative diseases such as slowing the rate of developing dementia and the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease.
  • Cordyceps mushroom supports energy and stamina, and it can increase aerobic capacity and oxygen flow to our brain and body, as well as resistance to fatigue. Cordyceps are known to boost athletic performance through their ability to boost ATP, the primary carrier of energy in cells. These properties make cordyceps the perfect adaptogen to give us a natural boost pre-workout or when feeling fatigued. It’s also well-known for its strong antioxidant and immune-boosting properties.

These are the two medicinal mushrooms used in the mushroom coffee blends: Flow and Mojo.

Mushroom coffee contains caffeine, which is the most widely used psychoactive substance in the world. It’s a nootropic and helps improve mental functioning, however it can come with side-effects and mushroom coffee allows us to get all the health benefits of caffeine, whilst minimising jitters/anxiety.

You may find overall you consume less coffee and less caffeine, adaptogenic coffee can give you sustained energy levels and focus throughout the day and you’re less likely to experience a crash. Along with the specific compounds and benefits of lion’s mane and cordyceps mentioned above, medicinal mushrooms are also recognized to be a great source of beta-glucans, which are naturally occurring polysaccharides, a prebiotic dietary fibre shown to improve the health of your heart and more. Mushroom-derived beta-glucans specifically have shown specific health benefits, such as helping to support our immune health and promoting healthy gut flora in our microbiome.

To recap, caffeine can increase our cortisol levels (our stress hormone), and adaptogens such as medicinal mushrooms can help balance our cortisol levels.

Along with short-term benefits in helping us flow through our day, there are longer-term benefits with regular consumption over extended periods, such as improved long-term memory and brain health from taking lion’s mane. Overall, providing your mind and body with balance, lower stress levels, and a healthy immune system can help you to find your flow and have a more productive and healthier life!

Should you wish to try these blends, please use voucher code GMARAULA15 to get 15% off.

Dr. Giovanna Maraula

Dr. Giovanna Maraula

Functional Nutritionist and Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner.

From battling my own health struggles to regaining balance through science and nutrition, my journey led me to create a method that’s transforming lives—naturally.

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