ADDING FUNCTIONAL MUSHROOMS TO YOUR DAILY ROUTINE

“The beautiful thing about functional mushrooms is that they come in all forms, to suit your needs. Whether you’re on-the-go and want an easy-totake capsule or you’d love to create a ritual by having your functional mushroom as a powder in your morning cuppa, there are plenty of ways to take these in your daily routine,” says Baylis.

COFFEE

“I’m a bit of a co ee fanatic, so my favourite way to get in my functional mushrooms is in my morning co ee,” shares Dawson, and many powdered forms of functional mushrooms are perfect for this – including Misty Day Plant Potions’ Shroom Squad and Mason’s Mushrooms from SuperFeast.

OTHER HOT BREWS

If you’re not a co ee drinker, the flavour profiles of many functional mushroom blends can be enjoyed as they are. “Our blends o er a delicious way to trade out that second or third cup that may no longer be serving you, for a blissful brew packed with the benefits of functional mushrooms,” says Joe Dakin from Wildwood.

“Functional mushroom extracts can be bitter – this is a good sign as it indicates the highly beneficial bio active compounds in the mushrooms, but can make them hard to integrate into your diet. Wildwood’s blends carefully balance this bitterness, with just enough sweetness to make all the flavours shine. Think delicious, spicy hot chocolate for grownups with the benefits of functional mushrooms.” Wildwood’s Spiced Cacao has Reishi and Lion’s Mane, blended to deliver an indulgent, rich cacao flavour with a punch of spice. Yum!

CAPSULES

In Mason Taylor’s words, “we’re kind of spoilt for choice” when it comes to ways to integrate functional mushrooms into our daily lives. So, he suggests we do what works best for us.

“Functional mushrooms, although they can be used in clinic and symptomology, they should fall into your lifestyle for long-term use because the longer you use them, the more results you get. And in order for that to happen, they need to slot in with your rhythm and your habits. What’s the easiest way to get you actually taking them? If you’re already taking capsules and you’re religious with it, do that.”

“Our capsuled products are our most popular products, which are super convenient at any time of the day,” adds Flow State’s Dave Wylie.