The lion's mane mushroom is a nutritional powerhouse you need to be using today.

It isn't the easiest supplement to get started with, though. Not every grocery store's going to have it, and they can get expensive if you buy in bulk. That's why our team at Troomy got creative.

We've spent the better part of a year crafting lion's mane (or hericium erinaceus) into an accessible, fast, and delicious gummy you can use daily called Focus. You'll see it have the biggest impact on cognitive function, which is always a targeted area for all of the most productive health and wellness routines around the world. Whether you're in an office or at home, cognitive function can make or break your day's productivity, mood, ability to work with peers/co-workers, and more.

Today, we'll take a deep dive into how you can naturally boost that function with lion's mane, get daily values in nutrition, boost your productivity, and find the perfect powder, coffee, or gummy supplements for your needs.

What Is Lion's Mane?

The lion's mane mycelium mushroom isn't the flowing hair you might think of on the king of the jungle. It's a white, almost icicle-like fungus that's extremely easy to identify in the wild. They carry strong fruiting bodies (like hericenones erinacines, for example) and are easy to spot for their almost cobweb-like appearance. They're one of the handful of mushrooms that are considered adaptogenic, or medicinal mushrooms when we use them. These medicinal mushrooms are notable routes to boosting daily function, and are great for brain health particularly.

The vitamins and minerals lion's mane is rich in include:

• riboflavin

• zinc

• manganese

• niacin

• thiamine

• potassium

Together, each of these combine for a healthy daily supplement, and heavily boosted productivity that could potentially boost mental health and mental clarity as well.

How Can Higher Cognitive Function Help Me?

• Productivity - This is our greatest asset, and something we could all always use a boost in. Imagine if you finished everything on your list for the day before lunch. Where would you be in six months? A year? Lion's mane can functionally boost you into a higher performing year at work, in the classroom, or at home. 

• Memory - Nothing is more frustrating than forgetting the one thing you needed from the store. While you can of course just make a list or call your spouse, why not just boost your memory and be the grocery store hero? 

• Avoiding Distractions - Distractions like your cell phone, noisy co-workers, kids playing at home, or any number of things can derail the perfect train of thought you had going where everything was clicking. Keep yourself locked in for longer, and dominate your day with an undistract-able focus.

Lion's mane is purely capable of achieving all these not because it's any old mushroom, but an adaptogenic mushroom. 

What Makes a Mushroom "Adaptogenic?"

You might have heard this phrase around the office or in the weight room. It simply means that the mushroom species carries some kind of functional property, like elevating focus, for example. Lion's mane can naturally support your brain operating at a higher level, which can create paths for you to finish projects faster, eliminate distractions, and more. These values go beyond just having a healthy meal, and are why the mushroom is such a coveted piece of plant-based routines.

However, lion's mane can accomplish much more than just boosting your focus. 

5 Health Benefits of Lion's Mane in Your Daily Routine

5. Immune System Support

Your immune system needs all the help it can get through flu season, allergies, and feeling your best all through the day. Lion's mane is a fantastic natural booster to keep your immune system performing at its peak. 

4. Reducing Depression and Anxiety Symptoms

Anxiety and depression can hit any one of us with daily difficulties. With mild symptoms, lion's mane is a great, natural anxiety reducer that can also regulate depression as well with natural health benefits.

3. Antioxidant Properties Linked to Anti-Inflammation Support

Inflammation is rooted in all kinds of autoimmune disorders and health conditions. Having natural carbohydrates that resist and keep your body in a better defensive state is vital to staying healthy.

2. Weight Loss and Obesity Support

The same can be said for weight gain and obesity, which are rooted in fat tissue inflammation itself. Pairing lion's mane with good eating habits and exercise could be immensely beneficial to your overall health.

If you were looking for additional support, the chaga mushroom or reishi mushroom might be a good mushroom to try as well. Chaga is a superstar adaptogenic mushroom that has evidence-based medicinal use for calming the body and supporting reducing mild cognitive impairment, helping with anxiety, and more. Additionally, reishi and chaga both have strong beta-glucans support, which help the immune system perform at a high level.

1. Brain Health and the Nervous System

Having a strong nervous system supported by brain health and wellness supplements like mushroom gummies carry fantastic health benefits that are far above the average dietary supplement. For example, your mental fatigue and performance can hinge directly on how your brain function is being supported by good nutrition, heart health stability, good blood sugar levels, and maintaining mental clarity. Without mushroom gummies or other similar supplements, you easily can find yourself dragging through the day and all kinds of adverse effects impacting your productivity.

When paired with other adaptogenic mushrooms, you could also reduce your risk of developing diseases and sicknesses, like Alzheimer’s disease, anticancer properties, or damage to brain cells, for example.

Dosage of Lion's Mane, Safety, and More

The target ballpark is just over 200mg to over 700mg of lion's mane when taking supplements or working the mushroom into your dietary meal planning and getting good health benefits with strong antioxidant activity, for example. It's hard to measure out your first time with raw mushrooms, so giving lion's mane a try with supplements might be a more reliable way to get started with boosting your cognitive function.

What are the Negative Effects of Lion’s Mane?

A few unlikely side effects include nausea, skin rash, stomach pains, and medication disruption. If you’re currently taking medication that has any blood-clotting impact or diabetes treatment care, be considerate and ask your doctor about using lion’s mane. Additionally, if you have any discomfort or feel off, don’t just write them off as a placebo effect. As you are with any new supplement, be mindful of how your body reacts. Usually, Unless there’s some kind of allergic reaction which is a rarity, you’ll be just fine.

Is Lion's Mane Safe to Take Regularly?

Absolutely! You don't have to worry about daily use creating new side effects or a steep drop off in mood/energy when the natural boosters ware off, even if you use it daily! Given that there's zero sugar or caffeine in the mushroom, and most blends avoid adding those ingredients, you should be able to stay completely in line with whatever diet you've been using.

What’s great about the gummy form of lion’s mane is how little bulk it has. You can get a strong lion’s mane mushroom extract into your diet without risking taking too much or too little.

 Am I Going to Trip Out on Lion's Mane?

No! You have nothing to worry about with this little superfood that has zero hallucinogenic properties. You can fully function at your best without using caffeine, added sugars, or any energy drinks in your routine either.

This adds a ton of versatility for when you can use them to help cognitive function or just daily function, as well as for which activities in your day. 

 

When Should I Use the Lion's Mane Mushroom in My Daily Routine?

High-Performance Mental/Physical Activities and Occupations

Lion's mane is a great supplement to work into your daily function if you have to keep elevated focus for extended periods, or just simply can't afford to make mistakes. Sometimes, it feels like you're completely on your own for the most difficult tasks, and lion's mane aims to make you feel supported and stress-free anytime you need to use that big 'ol brain of yours.

Gym and Fitness Routine

Locking in to be your best self on the court, in the weight room, or at home needs that extra layer of focus from you. That's where lion's mane can help you separate from your average daily output. 

Reach your goals faster, help your muscles rejuvenate with vitamins and minerals, boost your recovery time, and help yourself stay consistent.

In the Office

After so many of us have worked from home over the past several years, it's been harder and harder to effectively work in the office. Lion's mane is a great way to get back on the horse again, keeping your productivity level high and cognitive function elevated. Even if you just are looking to get through a busy season or finish up one project, these mushrooms are the way to go for natural solutions to your wellness support and keeping a steady dose of organic mushroom support in your diet.

Playing Video Games

Video games can get ultra-competitive in 2023, and cognitive function is at the very root of your ability to compete at a high level. You have to be on your a-game at all times, and lion's mane is the perfect way to do that. Keep your concentration, communication with teammates, and aim at its peak for longer using natural nootropics in adaptogenic mushrooms.

Keeping the Kids Relaxed, Reducing Stress for You

We all love our little ones, but they can be a handful sometimes. Everyone could use a little help when it comes to keeping the family on task, and feeling your best doing it. Lion's mane is a perfect regulator of stress and anxiety to also boost your focus and precision.

For most of us, any of these areas we could use a little support in. It just comes down to finding the best way for using these mushrooms without adding a ton of hassle to our routines, and having to meal prep entirely around a new supplement. 

 

What is the Best Way to Take Lion’s Mane?

4. Raw Lion's Mane Mushrooms

Raw mushrooms are always a decent place to start. You can begin cooking with them, trying new recipes that use adaptogenic mushrooms, and keep you active with your health and wellness routine.

However, the lion's mane mushroom isn't going to be as easily accessible as the mushrooms you might toss on your pizza. You're going to have to find a distributor online or at a local farmer's market to get the mushroom reliably consistently.

3. Coffees and Teas

Everyone loves starting their days with coffee or tea. It's a soul cleanser, keeps you awake, and boosts you into more productive days ahead.

However, not everyone's going to want to replace their favorite cup of the day with something completely different. Mushrooms have many different tastes, and don't have caffeine. All the energy you're going to be getting is from the natural makeup of the mushroom, unless your blend uses caffeine as well. Then, you might as well just be using coffee beans anyway, unless you plan on tacking on added sugars/cream.

2. Supplements

Powders and juicing options are always available as well. This allows you to jam-pack some of those mushroom nutrients into dishes you cook, shakes, and more. These usually include a ton of different mushroom varieties as well, so you can get some extra nutrients with just one scoop of a blend rather than buying whole mushrooms in bulk for your diet.

1. Mushroom Gummies

Gummies are the perfect middle ground between pure supplements and eating the mushrooms raw/cooked. You get all of the nutrients you're looking for with none of the hassle. Additionally, mushroom gummies set themselves apart in a variety of others ways as well.

What Sets Lion's Mane Mushroom Gummies Apart?

Wallet-Friendly Value

Fresh mushrooms weekly are tough to keep up with, and can have a limited shelf life depending on where you get them from. Supplements are a fine alternative, but they're rarely blended with one target mushroom, and instead have "general benefits" that won't necessarily help the area you want to focus on.

This is where mushroom gummies can set themselves apart. Getting all the value of two months’ worth of fresh mushrooms packed into one bottle is an incredible way to give lion's mane a try with zero financial risk. 

Zero Prep Time

Imagine your morning productivity level if all you had to do was grab a gummy and go. Now THAT's what we've been looking for in our supplements, and we want to share that with you.

Cut out prep time completely from making coffee, mixing up smoothies, or juicing with one little gummy that gets you strong daily vitamins and adds functional, focus value.

Delicious Flavors

At Troomy, all five of our mushroom-gummy blends have delicious fruity flavors, and Focus with lion's mane extracts is no different. We take the most vital pieces of the mushroom and concoct them into fruity, tropically-flavored gummies with almost zero sugar.

Customized to Your Needs

Your needs come first. Getting exactly what you're looking for shouldn't be hard with such a wide variety of mushrooms available today, and lion's mane is an outstanding place to start. Get purely lion's mane-based mushroom gummies that target your focus, immune system support, and other daily values without overcommitting to a bunch of other mushrooms you don't need.

At Troomy, we're committed to providing a quality, new-user-friendly experience to our mushroom gummies, and have the perfect way for you to try adaptogenic mushrooms like lion's mane today.

Trying Lion's Mane with Troomy Nootropics Today!

Overall, lion's mane is the perfect start to boosting your cognitive function fast. Your well-being is what matters to us, and we know you need every edge you can get in the office, classroom, and working from home, it just comes down to picking the right supplement for you.

Mushroom gummies have a ton of benefits and are easily the simplest route to give lion's mane a try without hampering your daily routine. If you want to learn a bit more about each of our blends and the adaptogenic mushrooms behind them, you can Meet Our Mushrooms here! Otherwise, grab a Focus gummy and go, with zero extra prep time in the morning or a ton of added calories.

On top of Focus, we have four other superstar blends that use all kinds of other adaptogenic mushrooms for you to crush your days with. Don't wait to find your "True Me," give Troomy Nootropics a try today!