Imperial is introducing a new culture to the kava community by providing organic and pure mushroom powder with smoothies and acai bowls. According to scientific research, mushrooms play a vital role in enhancing the development and functionality of the human body. Imperial partnered with Nourishia to bring a healthy way to sustain the human body by naturally providing all the minerals the human body needs to function at its peak.
Imperial serves 7 different types of mushrooms:
Lion’s mane
Lion’s Mane is an ancient mushroom originating from Asia. Its culinary and medicinal uses can be traced back through China, Japan, and India over thousands of years. Lion’s Mane has been known by various other names through its ancient history, from “monkey head mushroom” in China to “mountain monk mushroom” in Japan to “bearded tooth” and “pom-pom” mushroom in North America.
Lion’s Mane is found and sourced all over North America, Europe, and Asia, with different cultures using it in a variety of ways. It grows in the summer on hardwood and is often found on American beech trees. Research is linking Lion’s Mane mushrooms to a wide variety of mental and physical health benefits, leading to a rise in popularity for this fungus.
Benefits
Lion’s Mane is characterized as a functional mushroom for its vast array of potential health benefits. Before exploring Lion’s Mane’s potential and making it part of your daily routine, it’s essential to understand the potential benefits to your health and how to find a mushroom powder supplement that will be of high enough quality to actually deliver these benefits. These benefits include a nootropic with brain benefits, contains compounds for neurological health (Hericenones & Erinacines), has Nerve Growth Factor(NFG), helps memory and cognition, helps anxiety and mood, helps focus and mental energy, helps brain fog, helps sleep. It also helps with inflammation, heart health, digestive health, blood sugar balance, and immune system, and it benefits pets.
Cordyceps
Cordyceps mushrooms are parasitic fungi that include over 400 different species. They grow all over the world in countries like China, Japan, INdia, the United States, Austria, Peru, Bolivia and many more. There are two types of Cordyceps mushrooms that you can buy: Cordyceps sinensis and Cordyceps militaris. The most well-known species of Cordyceps mushrooms is Cordyceps sinensis. It mainly grows at high elevations in Tibet and the Chinese provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Qinghai and Gansu. It can also be found in India, Nepal, and Bhutan, but is less abundant there. Cordyceps militaris is known as Scarlet Club Fungus.
Benefits
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Cordyceps mushrooms are considered a very special tonic. Called Dōnɡ Chónɡ Xià Cǎo, these mushrooms were offered to the Emperor’s court and others among Chinese nobility. Traditionally it was used as a lung and kidney tonic, making it useful for respiratory complaints, physical tiredness, and for those with a weak constitution. Sexual function, libido, and performance are also keynotes for Cordyceps mushrooms’ traditional use.Supplements of Cordyceps mushrooms showed improved exercise performance in healthy older patients, as demonstrated by improved respiratory and metabolic functioning. Preliminary human and animal cell studies suggest Cordyceps may support healthy levels of inflammation and immune markers. Traditionally, Cordyceps mushrooms were used as an aphrodisiac to support sexual performance and healthy libido. Maintaining a healthy blood sugar balance is important since imbalances can negatively affect the kidneys due to increased oxidative stress. In animal studies, Cordyceps mushrooms appear to help maintain LDL cholesterol levels already within a healthy range. Cordyceps mushrooms may theoretically help relieve occasional stress, which has been associated with higher levels of oxidation. Cordyceps decrease oxidative stress while providing support to the psychoneuroimmunology processes in the body.
Turkey Tail
Turkey tail, also known by its scientific names Trametes versicolor, Coriolus versicolor, or Polyporus versicolor, gets its name from its appearance: flat, fan-shaped, multicolored rings of the mushroom that look much like a turkey’s tail. T. versicolor is a common fungal species of the basidiomycetes class, found growing on logs, stumps, or dead trunks of deciduous trees (e.g., oak or birch) and some conifers (e.g., fir and pine trees) in North America, Asia, and Europe.
Benefits
Traditional medicine practitioners have used turkey tail for millennia. The fungus provides health and long life benefits if consumed regularly. A few of the benefits of turkey tail include: removing toxins, increasing energy, removing excessive fluid, strengthening the organs responsible for the immune system, and supporting liver, lung and spleen function. Adaptogenic properties, supports the immune system, supports a healthy inflammation response, protects DNA from damage, supports gut health, supports liver health, improves athletic performance, may support blood sugar balance, and benefits pets.
Reishi
Reishi is a type of polypore: a woody type of mushroom that grows from trees and whose underside is smooth and composed of thousands of tiny pores, rather than gills. Polypores are also called bracket mushrooms or shelf mushrooms because of the way they sprout horizontally from trees.Reishi (also known as Lingzhi in China and Korea and “mannetake” in Japan) is simply the common name for the scientific genus of mushroom, Ganoderma.The Ganoderma genus of mushrooms is found all over the world, and from the study of the mushrooms’ various properties, estimates suggest there could be as many as 2,000 separate species . The world’s most common reishi species is Ganoderma lucidum—lucidum is Latin for “shiny,” which refers to the varnished appearance of the mushroom’s surface. The most commonly used Ganoderma species in mushroom supplements are also Ganoderma lucidum.
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