Close up of MYCOfactor Lion's Mane "teeth" with an overlay of bioactive compound chemical structures

Why the amount of "Lion's Mane" doesn't matter. This is what does.

June 16, 2025Rachel Hughes

Let’s get something out of the way: just because something says “mushroom” on the label doesn’t mean it’s doing much for you.

Most people assume that when they buy a functional mushroom supplement, they’re getting all the good stuff that mushrooms are famous for—beta-glucans, terpenoids, erinacines, hericenones, you name it. But the truth is, unless it’s been properly extracted, most of those compounds are still locked away in the mushroom’s tough cell walls, completely unavailable to your body.

That’s where extraction comes in because not all mushroom products are created equal— it's time you knew because you and your brain deserve the real thing.

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