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I’m quite religious in my following of Andrew Huberman and his weekly The Huberman Lab podcast. For those of you that are unfamiliar, Andrew Huberman is a professor of neuroscience and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine.

The brain is an electrochemical orgain. Wild, right?

I grew up with honey. My mother was adamant that a squeeze onto toast, fruit, or directly in the mouth was the solution for a sore throat, fatigue, or inability to fall asleep. She used raw honey religiously, always declaring it as nature’s most nutritious food.

There has to be some sort of secret sauce amongst our sweet, cacao-infused honey, right?

There are 78 organs in the human body, none of which use more energy than the brain. Despite our high intelligence levels, the brain only represents 2% of our body weight.

Nootropics are substances, organic and inorganic, that are capable of improving brain performance, enhancing cognition and memory, while facilitating the mind’s ability to learn.

Cacao is quite ceremonious. The Mayan and Aztec cultures praised its ability to lift spirits and inspire creativity. Today, after thousands of years of medicinal and spiritual usage, its ceremonious offering is continued by those of us in the Western world seeking an alternative to anxiety inducing stimulants.

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What should you expect when consuming adaptogens?

It’s all about the honey, honey!

Fungi are incredibly intelligent. Thousands of years of research defend the claim.

Functional mushrooms’ and adaptogens’ benefits are seen from consistent use. Like working out, benefits are apparent by implementing habits.

Diet, movement, sleep, sunshine and oxygen are a few readily available tools for improving our mood.

Chaga is a functional mushroom used in traditional medicine, dense with benefits.

Turkey tail mushroom is a functional mushroom that grows on tree trunks and fallen trees in many parts of the world. Its name is derived from its appearance.

Used in traditional Asian medicine for centuries, the reishi mushroom tends to grow in hot and humid climates in Asia.

Native to North America, Europe, and Asia, lion’s mane is an edible mushroom used in cooking and as a medicinal mushroom in traditional medicine.

Cordyceps, a type of fungus, has a fascinating growth process. A parasitic fungi, Cordyceps Sinensis grows on insect larvae — caterpillars that live in high altitudes in Asia, such as the Himalayas. The fungi has long been popular in Chinese medicine.