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without first speaking with your doctor. Now, let's head to the show. Hey, everyone. Oh, what a

tangled web we weave in the world of dietary supplements. I wanted to have someone on the podcast

who was well-versed in medicinal mushrooms,

and I had an incredibly eye-opening experience by having Jeff Chidden on the show to discuss this topic.

And one of the things that was really eye-opening for me is the lion's mane I have been using,

as you will learn in this podcast, predominantly contains mycelium fractions of the mushroom,

which is not the medicinal aspect of the mushroom.

So I hopefully will get a bit smarter as I change the

formula that I'm using not to be one where corners are cut. So this was a great interview with Jeff,

excuse me, it's Chilton, not Chittin, on medicinal mushrooms, some of the more well-studied and beneficial, which include

Rashi, Lions main, obviously, cordyceps, and chaga, and some tips for how to recognize a good product

versus a bad product. And also some advice on cooking these

mushrooms and the importance of getting them into your diet. So this definitely is a podcast

that I feel to be worth the listen. There is some published documented evidence that medicinal

mushrooms can improve health. And like many things within the space of

natural and alternative medicine, there's a lot of good. But the consumer needs to be aware of

how certain companies are cutting corners. Or there may also be kind of this very well-intentioned but misinformed execution by

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