Doctors and medical researchers have spent decades trying to find a solution to treatment-resistant depression, one of the most intractable and challenging problems in mental healthcare. But a series of breakthroughs over the past twenty-five years have suggested the answer
Visually stunning with a flavor profile reminiscent of lobster, lion’s mane mushrooms are already a favorite in the culinary world. At the same time, the health benefits of this functional fungi — long appreciated in Eastern medicine — are also
The cordyceps fungus is famous for two reasons. The first is the fungus’ reputation as a zombifying parasite. One strain of cordyceps in particular, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, is known for feeding on ants, infecting them with spores and literally eating them
The psychedelic psychiatry renaissance is here. Or, at least that’s what it feels like. In 2020, Oregon became the first state to legalize psilocybin mushrooms, and Health Canada granted a smattering of exemptions to therapists, doctors, and social workers allowing
Much like the ensemble cast of mushrooms, spores and fungal networks it celebrates, “Fantastic Fungi,” the documentary from Louie Schwartzberg now on Netflix, is not content to be any one thing. It branches out, mycelium-like, into nature documentary, psychedelic biopic,
“I have come to the conclusion that much can be learned about music by devoting oneself to the mushroom,” wrote the avant-garde composer John Cage in 1954. Cage was not the last artist to take on mushrooms as teachers. Mushrooms
The history of reishi mushrooms dates back so far as to almost make the fungi seem legendary. Indeed, the “mushroom of immortality” has been revered for its health properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine for 2,000 years. Reishi mushroom’s benefits are as
Have you ever driven past a mushroom farm? Would you notice if you did? Probably not. That’s because unlike corn or wheat or pumpkins or apples, mushrooms aren’t grown in large, open fields visible to the average passerby. Mostly, they’re
Jeff Chilton calls mushrooms “the missing dietary link.” Chilton, a former mushroom farmer and the founder of Nammex, a medicinal mushroom extract producer based in British Columbia, says that the science behind the humble mushroom’s health benefits is solid —
With the inevitability of death comes the feelings we must navigate when confronting it — anxiety, fear, existential dread. While these emotions are as natural as dying itself, scientific research and groundbreaking legal action around the potential that psilocybin-assisted therapy
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