![]() If the beta-glucan content is not indicated on the label, it is unlikely that the product has sufficient levels. To get the most potent and high-value functional fungi supplement, look to the product label for the specific beta-glucan content. Many popular supplement brands hide the use of myceliated grain and other fillers. This results in a lower concentration of beta-glucans (medicinal compounds) in the supplement, which indicates a lower therapeutic potency. Worse yet, they are an indication of a low percentage of the actual Lion’s Mane extract found in the product. These additions provide no health benefits. Many brands will add in a variety of starch, fillers, colorings, unnecessary additives, and other ingredients to their mushroom supplements. ![]() What is the Beta-Glucan Content of the Lion’s Mane Supplement? Until more reliable and repeatable testing methods become available, Real Mushrooms continues to focus on the clinical data that support the use of the mushroom in its entirety. Once we can quantify these compounds, we can begin to optimize our products for them. We continue to push on and look for ways to quantify these compounds. Real Mushrooms has spent years and many thousands of dollars trying to quantify these compounds. These so-called compound-specific guarantees can give brands reselling these ingredients a false sense of quality and reliability. Misleadingly, these suppliers are using UV testing methods, which are very unreliable and inaccurate and can end up quantifying the wrong compounds. Many Chinese suppliers are selling products with a guarantee of specific amounts of both compounds. However, there is no reliable lab that can test for these compounds.Īny claim that a product makes about these compounds is speculative at best. Much of the research on the neurotropic and neuroprotective properties of Lion’s Mane focuses on the compounds hericenones and erinacines. The Problem with Focusing on Hericenones and Erinacines To truly benefit from the health-supporting compounds in Lion’s Mane, be sure that your supplement contains the mushroom itself, not the mycelium (pictured above) and/or fillers such as grain. Liquid fermented mycelium is very different than the myceliated grain commonly found in Lion’s Mane supplements.Ĭurrently, most of the clinical data on Lion’s Mane is based on research using the mushroom (fruiting body) ( 1).įor these reasons, Real Mushrooms only uses the mushroom for our Lion’s Mane Supplements, which the existing body of clinical data supports. Lion’s Mane mycelium research is based on pure mycelium via liquid fermentation. The grain the mycelium is grown on further diminishes this concentration.Ģ. Erinacines only occur in very small amounts in pure mycelium (~0.01%). This effectively dilutes the product and its medicinal compounds. Supplements made from mycelium include the grain it is grown on. There are two problems with opting for mycelium-based Lion’s Mane supplements:ġ. Therefore, what product should you choose: a mushroom supplement (for the hericenones) or a mycelium-based supplement (for the erinacines)? Two compounds are the area of focus of this debate: hericenones, which are found in the mushroom, and erinacines, which are found in the mycelium.īoth hericenones and erinacies have demonstrated neuronal health supporting properties in scientific studies ( 1). There is a lot of debate about what is the best part of this fungus to use for the specific cognitive benefits that Lion’s Mane is known for: the mushroom (fruiting body) or mycelium (the root-like fungal filaments that the mushroom grows from). Is the Lion’s Mane Supplement Made of the Mushroom or Mycelium?
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