Mushroom coffee's potential role in promoting weight loss explored
Mushroom coffee, a blend of medicinal mushrooms mixed into coffee, cacao, or tea, is gaining popularity for its potential weight loss benefits. While none of the mentioned brands advertise weight loss as a direct benefit of their mushroom coffee blends, recent research suggests that these beverages could support metabolism, reduce cravings, and improve energy balance.
One of the key mushrooms in these blends is Reishi, which helps with fat storage and processing, reducing hunger signals, improving metabolism, and acting as prebiotics to improve digestion and nutrient absorption. Reishi also regulates cortisol, the stress hormone linked to belly fat and emotional eating, leading to fewer stress-related food cravings and a calmer appetite.
Lion's mane mushroom, another common ingredient, may help manage stress, which can reduce stress eating and improve sleep. It also improves the body's metabolism of fat, helping it break down fat more effectively.
Cordyceps, another medicinal mushroom, regulates hormones that signal fullness, boost energy use and production, and improve insulin sensitivity and secretion. This mushroom has been shown to have health benefits such as boosting the immune system, regulating metabolism, and higher antioxidant activity.
Chaga mushrooms work as prebiotics, helping control appetite. A healthy microbiome, associated with better digestion, reduced cravings, and a more efficient metabolism, is supported by the prebiotic polysaccharides found in medicinal mushrooms.
Brands like Laird Superfood, Wunderground, Velty, and Four Sigmatic offer various mushroom coffee blends for weight loss and energy. Laird Superfood offers PERFORM and Focused Energy blends, each with different medicinal mushrooms for weight loss and energy. Wunderground offers Brain Wash and Hocus Pocus blends for weight loss and gut health respectively. Velty offers two blends - Original and Spiced, both with Lion's Mane and Reishi mushrooms. Four Sigmatic offers Achieve and Think blends with lion's mane and chaga mushroom extracts.
RYZE coffee includes reishi, cordyceps, lion's mane, and chaga mushrooms in its signature blend. Alpine Start's Coffee with Benefits has 15 more milligrams of caffeine than average, with lion's mane and reishi mushrooms.
While extensive research will need to be conducted into the effects of mushroom coffee on humans before any concrete evidence is available, it can be a helpful addition to a balanced diet and regular exercise routine to support fat loss and improved energy. Mushroom coffee combines the energizing effects of caffeine with the metabolic, stress-managing, and gut-health benefits of medicinal mushrooms, making it a promising beverage for those seeking to support their weight loss journey.
[1] https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/mushroom-coffee-benefits [2] https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323803 [3] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6258268/ [4] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6312204/
- The blend of medicinal mushrooms in mushroom coffee, including Reishi, Lion's mane, Cordyceps, and Chaga, may support metabolism, reduce cravings, and improve energy balance, potentially aiding in weight management.
- Reishi, a key mushroom in these blends, acts as prebiotics to enhance digestion and nutrient absorption, regulates cortisol for reduced stress-related food cravings, and improves metabolism, contributing to weight-management.
- Lion's mane mushroom, another common ingredient, can help manage stress and improve sleep, reducing stress eating, and may improve the body's metabolism of fat for more effective breakdown of fats.
- Cordyceps, another medicinal mushroom, regulates hormones that signal fullness, boosts energy use and production, and improves insulin sensitivity and secretion, offering potential benefits for nutrient management and weight loss.
- The nutritional benefits of medicinal mushrooms, such as improved digestion, stress management, and metabolic aid, make mushroom coffee a potentially promising beverage for those seeking to support their fitness-and-exercise, health-and-wellness, and weight-management goals, while following a balanced diet and regular exercise routine.
