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What makes functional mushrooms different from other nutritional products?Updated a year ago

Functional mushrooms stand out due to their unique bioactive compounds that offer benefits beyond basic nutrition. These include supporting immune health, cognitive function, and stress reduction, offering a natural complement to a balanced diet and lifestyle.

Functional mushrooms contain bioactive compounds such as but not limited to beta-glucans, hericenones, cordycepin, ganoderic acid etc. which are thought to support cognitive health, energy and immunity respectively, distinguishing them from ordinary mushrooms. 

One big difference between most nutritional products is that functional mushrooms have both a long history of use in cultures around the globe and also modern scientific studies backing their claims.

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