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I drink a coffee alternative that happens to have Lion's Mane in it. Can't really be objective on if it has really made a difference in my memory since that's not the reason I primarily bought it (it was to get off coffee which is negatively impacting me).

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> Can't really be objective on if it has really made a difference in my memory since that's not the reason I primarily bought it

Wouldn't that actually be more objective since you'd be avoiding any kind of placebo effect as you weren't expecting any effects on memory?

Me too, https://spacegoods.com/ and I can confirm it eliminates the need for coffee during the day as well as it helps for staying in the zone a bit

Thanks for the link. I just looked at the ingredients list, and it still contains "coffee extract", which I find a bit strange.

thats fine for me, because it literally replaces a liter of coffee per day or even more, and keeps the headache from caffeine withdrawal at bay

Heads up: Safeway brand organics green tea with matcha has an unusually high amount of natural caffeine, like crazy amount. And no coffee jitters due to synergistic effects of l-theanine. Perfectly fine if you can just limit yourself to just one or two cups.

Also Guayusa tea. Tastes great, no bittnerness, and a nice amount of caffeine.

It contains both coffee extract and cocoa powder. The cocoa powder contains about 11.5 mg of caffeine per tablespoon (5 grams).

I'm sure this is a great product and an alternative to a "cup of coffee", but it's clearly not a caffeine alternative. Which is fine, as long as people understand what they are buying. The "natural caffeine" listing is 80mg for an 8g serving on the website. So the transparency is good.

FourSigmatic coffee is real coffee with lions mane. Did you try something else?

https://us.foursigmatic.com/products/instant-lions-mane

This is the product I used to eliminate coffee. It has no coffee.

Hey there, mind sharing the product? Sounds interesting!

I add Laird Performance Mushroom powder to my coffee… when I can remember. Unfortunately it’s not cheap. I leaned about it from Dr Rhonda Patrick

https://lairdsuperfood.com/products/performance-mushrooms?va...

Thanks!

This brand, along with most other US sourced products (including Paul Stamet's brand) contains more biomass (the grain substrate on which mushroom grows) than the mushroom itself. For instance, one of the FAQ on their site states it has 2g of starch per 2g serving!

I am looking for a good lion's mane supplement in the US too but I haven't found a good one yet.

Is there a lab that verifies this?

The supplement industry is in sorry state. It hurts to see people throwing away money on useless products on Amazon.

Real Mushrooms is the only mushroom supplier I trust. (No affiliation, you can find discussions about them on Reddit)

10 ounces for $87. That’s crazy.

Probably MUDWTR

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