Today we welcome Sophie Barrett on the show! She walks us through the basics of how medicinal mushrooms can be hugely beneficial for your health. 

This is a must listen for all those interested in medicinal mushrooms, and want to know what they can do for you, but also what to look for!

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Sophie’s socials

Website: www.sharingplantwisdom.com

Instagram: @sophsbarrett @sharingplantwisdom

Hifas da Terra’s socials: 

Website: www.hfasdeterra.com

Instagram: @hifasdaterrauk @hifasdaterra

Here’s a little summary of the episode…

The benefits of medicinal mushrooms for women’s health

Sophie and Jess go through different aspects of women’s health and how functional mushrooms can help combat different concerns including: PCOS, fertility, menopause, hormonal balance, and a lot more. Sophie details how medicinal mushrooms are adaptogenic and therefore can help with different issues in different bodies. She also stresses how their benefits can have a range of knock on positive effects such as through better sleep and digestion. They also highlight some of the great research-based work that Hifas da Terra are doing currently to provide a credible evidence base for medicinal mushroom use for different issues.

What to look for in medicinal mushrooms products

Sophie also highlights to us what we need to look for in a medicinal mushroom product – this is really important as it is only thro0ugh using quality, certified products that many of the benefits detailed are able to be experienced fully. She also details how she recommends that medicinal mushrooms should be used by pregnant and breast-feeding women.

Jessica Hobbis