Mushrooms and Brain Health: How Functional Fungi Are Transforming Mental Wellness
Medicinal Mushrooms, Brain Health, Mental Health Olivier Sanchez Medicinal Mushrooms, Brain Health, Mental Health Olivier Sanchez

Mushrooms and Brain Health: How Functional Fungi Are Transforming Mental Wellness

Mushrooms and Brain Health: How Functional Fungi Are Transforming Mental Wellness

Discover how medicinal mushrooms like Lion’s Mane, Reishi, Turkey Tail, and Maitake are transforming the future of brain health and mental wellness. Backed by emerging research, these functional fungi offer powerful benefits, including support for cognitive function and neuroprotection, as well as modulation of the gut-brain axis and reduction of inflammation. As nutritional psychiatry gains traction, mushrooms are proving to be more than just food; they’re a promising addition to holistic mental health strategies.

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Children’s Mental Health: A Holistic and Integrative Perspective

Children’s Mental Health: A Holistic and Integrative Perspective

Children’s Mental Health: A Holistic and Integrative Perspective

A critical review of the BBC article: “Teen mental health: When to seek help and what parents can do.”

The BBC’s recent article brings much-needed attention to the rising rates of anxiety, depression, and emotional distress among young people. It highlights the importance of open communication, emotional support, and timely access to mental health services. However, several limitations become apparent when viewed through a holistic, naturopathic, and functional medicine lens, especially its omission of nutrition, gut health, and lifestyle medicine, as practitioners and parents increasingly seek holistic solutions. These factors are now recognised as foundational pillars in both preventing and addressing mental health challenges in children and adolescents.

Read the fully-referenced article here.

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Chronic Intake of Food Additives Leads to Marked Changes via the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis.

Chronic Intake of Food Additives Leads to Marked Changes via the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis.

Chronic Intake of Food Additives Leads to Marked Changes via the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis.

Do you know the long-term health effects of UPFs and additives? If your answer is no, you need to read this!

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