Nature's Outlet

Lines mean supplements are all the rage right now, but what exactly can it do for your body? I turned to the experts out at Nature's Outlet to learn more. And it really rose to stardom several years ago when Paul Stamets was on the Joe Rogan show and talking about it. People came out and they tried it after that and they kept buying it and more people kept buying it. And really word of mouth got out there. This is our n It's a very unique mushroom. It contains very specialized compounds only found in this mushroom that seem to influence our memory and our cognition and our short term memory recall and our focus. And people feel it after they're on it for a couple of weeks. So it's good for so many different people across so many walks of life because of that. It is a mushroom, it's Latin binomial is Horace When you see it growing it has these long tendrils that hang down. It doesn't look But back in the 90s scientists st And that is a messenger molecule that our bodies make that tells our stem cells to become brain cells and to become neurological cells. Lion's mane is being studied quite a bit scientifically because of these unique compounds. We know that there have been published studies that show that lion's mane may benefit neurological day to day nerve generation as well as maybe support mood. Lion's mane is prebiotic to our good bacteria in our digestive tract and helps to feed the good bacteria. We know 90% of our body'serotonin is made in our digestive tract by our good bacteria. So that may be why it's influencing mood. It has other studies that show that it may benefit our sleep cycles as well. So we are having all of this new research come out. We're super excited about. I am a formulator at Host Defense. We include lion's mane in a lot of our products. We have lion's mane capsules and powders, liquid extracts. We even put lion's mane into drink mixes to make it really easy for people to get into their system. Is this a supplement for the morning or if it helps you sleep for the evening? In the study group the people were taking the supplement in the morning and the afternoon. A lot of supplements that help sleep architecture A lot of people But really it's a product you can take at any point in time during the day as long as you get it in you. And there's a lot of research behind Host Defense. Tell me more about that. We actually are pretty unique. I mentioned Paul founded Host Defense to generate money, revenue for mushroom research. We actually, in addition to donating money for mushroom research, we employ 11 research scientists, five PhDs, that study our products and their actions in the h There are over 77 peer-reviewed papers from this team of research scientists that we employ. And they are studying our lion's mane right now and writing papers on its applications. But we can see how special, especially the way that we're growing the lion's mane myceli So we're going to be publishing on that in the next year. We're super excited about it. And you can find these products here at Nature's Outlet in your area, right? Yes, absolutely. They carry the full line. And obviously, you're a wealth of information, but also the folks that work here have been trained in the subject as well to help you figure out what you may be interested in taking, right? Absolutely. It's really a community hub, and it's a great place to come and get your supplements and support your local community and just get a lot of information from knowledgeable staff. And you can learn more about Host Defense mushroom products at Nature's Outlet near you. They have locations in Forest, Roanoke, Martinsville and Salem. For more information, give them a call at 434-215-3102. Find them on social media or head online to naturesoutlet. net.