People deal with chronic stress and anxiety every day. Everyone deals with it differently, but it's important we all hone in on getting the support we need. 

Today, our team at Troomy will walk you through the opportunities that functional mushrooms provide for reducing stress and anxiety quickly, as well as other functional mushrooms with their own set of support benefits.

What are Functional Mushrooms?

Functional mushrooms are a game-changer for stress and anxiety relief. They are naturally grown mushrooms that have been a major part of Eastern medicine for centuries but now have made their way west in recent years. 

Although, that doesn’t mean they’re just a flash in the pan for the west. You can expect to see more and more of these mushrooms start to get added into vitamin and supplement blends all over, especially as new species of mushrooms are discovered. 

The foundations of what these functional mushrooms carry are antioxidants, amino acids, vitamins, minerals, and more. Since they’re such a great source of natural nutrients at a low calorie cost, they’ve made their way into cooking recipes more often. However, their benefits extend far beyond just nutrition, and can actually support healthier body wellness and positivity, including reducing stress.

How Do these Mushrooms Impact Stress?

For the most part, you’ll use functional mushrooms to target the health impairments or deficiencies that cause/result in stress and anxiety. It’s by no means a direct treater of the symptoms of anxiety, but it can create major support for relieving those symptoms through natural health benefits.

 Additionally, they have fantastic nutritional value that can add to your daily routine benefits of eating well.

Types of Functional Mushrooms to Relieve Stress and Anxiety

 With over 14,000 different species of mushrooms, there's a lot to take in when you're jumping into functional mushrooms to help with anxiety and stress. Luckily, we've honed in on five of the primary species you can grab the benefits of fastest.

Chaga Mushrooms

Chaga is a fantastic functional mushroom to implement into your life. To help with stress and anxiety, Chaga's benefits are rooted ino blood sugar and cholesterol. Lowering these two impacts your anxiety and stress in a majorly positive way, while also impacting your dietary needs with increased vitamins as well. 

(Red) Reishi Mushrooms

Reishi is the primary mushroom you should target implementing into your diet for reduced anxiety and stress. Reishi mushrooms are linked to fatigue and stress relief which build a foundation to leave you feeling better.

Additionally, as inflammation is linked to illnesses and depression, Reishi helps suppress that inflammation. With improved brain health and allergy-resistance potential as well, you could be in a lot better shape with Reishi as a sound addition to your diet.

Other Functional Mushrooms

Lion's Mane Mushrooms

Get all of the strength of a lion with none of the roaring and sharp teeth. Lion's mane mushrooms are some of the most impactful mushrooms you can add to your diet quickly. They have been mainly used in the past for their support to anti-inflammatory help and antioxidants. Now, Lion’s Mane is even being linked to assisting with overcoming dementia. 

However, while nutritious and beneficial to your diet, Lion's Mane isn't the best mushroom for dealing with stress and anxiety. It can help with reducing risk of heart disease, cancer, ulcers, and dementia but only minor symptoms of anxiety.

 

Cordyceps Mushrooms

 Cordyceps are another great functional mushroom type to try. These have some recipes you can use as well for cooking, but mainly get their benefits in heart health, lowering blood sugar, and fitness. 

For the most part, athletes have been taking advantage of Cordyceps for some time now. 

General Benefits of Functional Mushrooms Outside of Stress and Anxiety

• Brain Health Support

• Elevated Stamina for Fitness

• Anti-Aging Properties

 How Can I Implement Functional Mushrooms Into My Diet?

Cooking with Functional Mushrooms

With such a strong variety of mushroom-based recipes available today, getting started with cooking and functional mushrooms is simple. You can get some yourself online with raw and dried varieties.

However, these are tough to work in purely for their prep time in cooking. 

Nootropics and Mushroom Gummies

 Nootropics are likely already a part of your diet in either creatine or caffeine. However, you probably aren’t taking full advantage of mushrooms. Mushroom nootropics power-pack nutrients into gummies and powders that are easily accessible supplements to your day. They’re wallet-friendly with an extended shelf life, and also can have tasty fruity flavors. Luckily with mushroom nootropics, it’s a lot easier to get started with than adding a full cooking schedule to your routine.

To get started with functional mushrooms fast, try Troomy Nootropics mushroom gummies. Our blends are lovingly crafted to target a variety of needs, including: 

• Better sleep
• Elevated focus
• Increased energy
• Relieved stress

Starting With Troomy Nootropics for Anxiety and Stress Relief Today

Primarily, if you’re looking for stress and anxiety relief, we recommend our blend Calm. Calm is a tropical blast of Reishi mushroom blends that keep you feeling relaxed and can preemptively reduce how stress impacts your day quickly. 

However, while each of these blends targets a different need that you can give a try, we advise putting them all together into one cohesive daily routine. Then, you can start making major steps forward in finding your “True Me,” accessing all the benefits that functional mushrooms provide.

Don’t wait. Get started with Troomy Nootropics today!