601. From Shilajit to Shiitake: Nature’s Cheat Codes for Next Level Vitality & Flow w/ Julian Mitchell

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Luke Storey

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Spirituality, Alternative Health, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

In this rich and wide-ranging conversation, I sit down with Julian Mitchell—co-founder of Lifecykel and one of the world’s leading voices in the functional mushroom movement. We go deep on sacred sourcing, advanced bioavailability, and the rise of fungi-based wellness.

Julian shares stories from his journey into the Altai Mountains of Mongolia to ethically source pure shilajit, revealing why trust, integrity, and regenerative supply chains must anchor supplement innovation. We get into the science and spirit behind ingredients like lion’s mane, cordyceps, and Kakadu plum, and break down Julian’s mission to reconnect humanity with the healing power of nature’s pharmacy.

You’ll also learn about Lifecykel’s next-gen liposomal delivery systems, how shilajit supercharges psychedelics, and what it really takes to bring a transparent wellness product to market in a world full of greenwashing.

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MORE ABOUT THIS EPISODE:

(00:00:00) Sourcing Authentic Shilajit in Mongolia

(00:24:47) Growing & Extracting Lion’s Mane the Right Way

(00:44:47) Cultivating Reishi & Cordyceps & Their Healing Benefits

(00:53:33) Gut Health & the Power of Turkey Tail

(00:58:47) The Overlooked Power of Shiitake & Chaga Mushrooms

(01:03:28) Chaga: The King of Antioxidants & Nature’s Birch Elixir

(01:14:08) Liposomal Innovation & Shilajit’s Role in Bioavailability

(01:19:41) Building a Mushroom Empire: Manufacturing, Mentorship, & Mycelial Collaboration

(01:23:32) The Future of Mushrooms: Innovation, Vision, & Staying True to Nature

(01:31:24) How to Test Mushroom Product Purity at Home

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• Website: lifecykel.com

• Instagram: @lifecykel

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0:00.0	Tell me about your trip to Mongolia.
0:12.0	Mongolia, yeah, that was a...
0:14.8	For those listening, I saw the photos already.
0:17.1	It was like, this looks fascinating.
0:19.9	And the fact that you went there to source your
0:22.1	silogee, which is, you know, commendable, because you could just get some cheap shit out of China
0:26.6	and not tested and not care where it comes from, make a bunch money. But tell me about the
0:30.7	trip, because I think that's a great starting point. We went here for, you know, to understand
0:34.2	sort of how it's sourced, where it comes from, how it, you know, everyone speaks
0:37.8	about Shilajit in the mountains, but we had never actually seen too much about that. And so
0:41.8	we wanted to, given, you know, the mushrooms, and we grow and extract and vertically integrated
0:46.0	through that process, that trust element. You know, when we think about brands today, it's really,
0:50.9	a brand is something you trust or you don't trust. Within the Shillajut category, of course, there's a bit of a boom going on now, of course,
0:58.0	for the last couple of years, and we wanted to go there and see how it was sourced.
1:04.1	And so we went into the Elthai Mountains on the east, sorry, on the west of Mongolia,
1:10.3	where you have the border of Kazakhstan.
1:11.8	So you're going into, it's like going into another planet, you know, needing a translator,
1:16.8	driving into the Altai Mountains and staying with the eagle hunting family.
1:21.5	So nomadic, a lot of Mongols are still very nomadic living in their yurts and just digging it up
1:26.8	in big crevices.
1:27.7	The guys there, the local Mongols know where to look.
1:30.9	So you'll be in this wide open space in the Altai Mountains and they're like, yeah,
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