Applied Food Sciences has officially announced the launch of a groundbreaking functional ingredient called MycoThrive™ Lion’s Mane. According to certain reports, the stated ingredient made it to this point after going through a rigorous clinical study where the researchers analyzed its potential in the context of enhancing cognitive performance and emotional well-being. Talk about the given clinical study on a slightly deeper level, it was essentially a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled crossover study, where a total of 40 healthy adults were evaluated to determine the acute (single-dose) effects of 1000 mg of lion’s mane mushroom extract on cognitive performance and mood. This was markedly administered against a 650 mg dose of guayusa extract (AmaTea® Max) and placebo. Anyway, all the participants were tested at baseline, 60 minutes, and 120 minutes post-ingestion using comprehensive neuropsychological assessments like the Go/No-Go, Serial-Sevens, and N-Back tasks, as well as subjective measures for cognitive perception and mood. Going by the available details, participate who took MycoThrive Lion’s Mane demonstrated acute improvements in working memory, attention, concentration, and reaction time, and mind you, this became evident in as little as one-hour post-ingestion. On top of that, the same MycoThrive Lion’s Mane group also went on to record enhancements in mood scores, such as “feelings of happiness,” reflecting that the ingredient had a significant impact on their emotional well-being. In both cases, the MycoThrive group’s results were statistically significant, as compared to the others.
“AFS takes pride in offering scientifically validated, high-quality ingredients,” said Loretta Zapp, CEO of Applied Food Sciences. “After extensive research on the science of fungi, we developed a love for mushroom ingredients and took on the challenges of creating consistent mushroom extracts standardized to their active compounds. Although the mushroom category is growing in the US, much still needs to be discovered about scientific and quality aspects. Therefore, we are thrilled to enter this space with significant investment by offering our innovative line of MycoThrive™ mushroom ingredients and conducting clinical studies needed to bring more validation to market.”
Basically, Lion’s mane Hericium Erinaceus) is renowned for its cognitive-enhancing properties and long history of use in Eastern medicine. You see, known as “Mountain Priest” or “Smart Mushroom,” the component leverages bioactive compounds like β-glucan polysaccharides, proteins, hericenones, and erinacines, each one understood to play a pivotal role in how the ingredient functions across the human body. Anyway, despite that being the case, the larger idea, thus far, has been that Lion’s Mane can only produce chronic benefits after 30-60 days of use. Fortunately, AFS’ MycoThrive debunks that theory. Hence, from here onwards, manufacturers can use MycoThrive Lion’s Mane as a more immediate-acting nootropic to develop cognitive-enhancing products. In case this didn’t sound impressive enough, then we must mention that the new component in question will also address the pressing need for transparency, and it will do so by providing more consistent structure-function claims, reducing skepticism, and increasing confidence in the market.
