A “breakthrough therapy” for depression. That’s how the FDA recently referred to the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, psilocybin. This was in light of a preliminary study done in 2016 that showed a substantial reduction in depressive symptoms in patients suffering from what researchers classified as “untreatable depression”. Is psilocybin all it’s cracked up…
The carnivore diet is currently trending and is gaining momentum. Many people for a vast array of health reasons seem to be experimenting with this diet. Animal meat and water are the main focus of this diet. There are some significant health benefits, and some are considering it as a nootropic. Let’s find out all…
The human body is a melting pot of highly complex chemical reactions. Hormones, neurotransmitters, and enzymes all work together to sustain life as we know it. Everything we take into our body causes changes in the balance of chemical reactions. Therefore, we need a way of categorising the compounds we use as food and medicine…
A highly regarded and widely used staple in Eastern and Asian medicine, Ganoderma lucidum — or the reishi mushroom — has a history as long as the current fanfare is wide. For over two millennium this traditionally omnipotent fungi has been regarded in China as the “herb of spiritual potency” being produced for its pharmaceutical…
Of the over 400,000 different species of plants that share space with us on Earth, only 18,000 are used as medicine.[1]Kew, R. B. G. (2016). The state of the world’s plants report–2016. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archaeological evidence suggests we’ve been using plants as medicine for the last 60,000 years, so we’ve had plenty of…
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