Genius Mushrooms Reviews

Genius Mushrooms Ingredients

Organic Cordyceps Mushrooms - 500 MG

The organic cordyceps mushroom is a genus of parasitic fungi that is most commonly found in Asia. It has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries, due to claims that it can offer many health benefits and treat a wide range of diseases and health concerns.

The potential benefits it is most widely claimed to offer include reducing inflammation and the signs of aging, boosting heart health, brain and testicle function, exercise performance, and athletic endurance, easing the symptoms of diabetes, and treating tumours, diarrhoea, headaches, coughs, liver and kidney diseases, and rheumatoid arthritis.

There are two issues with the use of cordyceps here though. Firstly, there is currently minimal evidence to conclusively supports its use. Then there is the fact that even the studies that do support it suggest using between 1,000 and 3,000 mg each day of you want to see results (1).

This means that the 500 mg of cordyceps present in each serving of Genius Mushrooms may not provide any real benefits at all.

Organic Reishi Mushrooms - 500 MG

The reishi mushroom is a member of the ganoderma family of mushrooms and is a polypore fungus. Native to east Asia, reishi mushrooms have been used in traditional chinese medicine for years and are also common in Korean and Japanese medicine, as they are known to offer many health benefits.

An effective immune system booster, it can boost immune function when necessary or reduce immune system activity when it is being too aggressive. They can also provide improved mood, reduced stress, better blood sugar levels, and can even be used to treat metabolic syndrome and certain other chronic illnesses (2).

While more study is required to confirm some of these effects conclusively, the results are very promising. The problem we face here though is the dosage that the Genius brand have used.

While the exact dose of reishi mushroom extract you need to take each day varies based on the specific extract you use, the lowest useful dosage is 1.44 grams. This means, even though this is the lower end of the range, the 500 mg of reishi mushroom extract in each dose of Genius Mushrooms is still lower and is therefore far too low to be of any use.

Organic Lion's Mane Mushroom - 500 MG

The lion's mane mushroom is a type of tooth fungus that is found across Asia, Europe, and North America. They are among the most desirable eating mushrooms around, as they have a rich taste and texture, while also boasting a variety of medicinal qualities.

Most of the lion's mane's medical selling points are based on its ability to help you attain optimal cognitive function and a healthy immune system.

It can enhance cognitive performance, promote brain cell growth and the body's production of nerve cells, prevent age related mental decline, improve memory, focus, and concentration, reduce inflammation, improve blood flow to the brain cells, and offer many other immune benefits (3).

The Genius Mushrooms dosage of lion's mane mushroom extract is actually in line with other mushroom supplements as well. The problem is, you can't expect it to produce miracles on its own.

This means it would be better to not buy Genius Mushrooms and instead spend your money on a supplement that combines lion's mane mushrooms with other proven ingredients, like Hunter Focus does.

Other Ingredients

The other ingredients Genius Mushrooms contains are hypromellose and ascorbyl palmitate (vitamin c).

Hypromellose is used solely to create the vegetable capsule the mushroom supplements are housed in and provides no additional benefits (4).

Vitamin c is an essential, water soluble vitamin that is one of the main building blocks of collagen and is required to produce neurotransmitters in the brain.

It helps to repair damaged tissue, maintain joint cartilage, aid natural joint motion and flexibility, boost bone, muscle, and tooth strength, improve nutrient absorption, enhance immune functions, and prevent a variety of diseases.

However, to see any benefits from taking vitamin c in supplement form, you must take at least 2,000 mg per day (5). As it is buried in the other ingredients section of the label, you can all but guarantee that only a miniscule amount is present which won't have any effect.