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184. Do Mushrooms Really Have Health Benefits? with Bronwyn Carr


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Bronwyn Carr says if you'd have told her five years ago that she would be leaving her corporate career in law to launch a startup to manufacture mushroom products, she would have told you you're insane.

But after a brush with ovarian cancer led to a hysterectomy and struggle with perimenopausal symptoms, she poured all her research expertise into creating the company Mind & Mane.

Here she was at the peak of her career, and suddenly, she was living with brain fog. She's living with fatigue. She's feeling moody and emotional with symptoms she's never experienced in her whole life, and she refused to allow that to be normal.

Full disclosure: I, Sarah, have been taking the Mind & Mane supplements for over six months, and I've noticed a profound difference! (I'm stunned, I didn't expect this from mushrooms.)

Bronwyn says it felt like she was losing herself and her personality to her symptoms. She tried everything possible to alleviate them except hormone replacement therapy because of her cancer scare. She knew she wanted to take something natural.

She spent months researching medicinal mushrooms and discovered hundreds of studies reporting Lion's Mane and Reishi mushrooms' antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, anticancer, and neuroprotective properties.

Her next step was to buy all the mushroom products on the market and found while they helped a little, she wasn't feeling the results she expected after reading all the studies. She discovered three factors that needed to change to get the results she wanted:

  • Dosage: the trials were offering people 3000-5000 mgs daily, whereas most products capped at 500,
  • Fruiting body: if the label didn't indicate the product is a fruiting body, it means the product is likely mycelium, the root of the mushroom, which can be diluted by filler products
  • Extraction: Boiling the mushroom down and using extracts offers more nutrients than dried and ground mushrooms.

Bronwyn encourages people considering mushroom supplements to look at the labels. She says if you do not see a very clear and significant dosage, fruiting bodies, and extracts, then you are probably getting a suboptimal product.

After six years, Bronwyn says she was finally able to feel like herself again and wants to impress upon listeners the importance of talking about perimenopause.

"If you are suffering the typical symptoms, and those are, you know, hot flashes, exhaustion, brain fog, memory loss, extreme mood swings, sleep disruption. For many women, it's anxiety and depression. If you are suffering these things, they can feel crippling. I want you to know it is not you," she says.

While Bronwyn found relief in supplements, she says many remedies and treatments are available to women – you do not need to live with the symptoms.

"Think about yourself as a role model … show [the women in your life] what it can be to be a middle-aged woman who is healthy and happy and focused and killing it in her career, and, you know, getting all the shit done, juggling all the balls and doing it with some joy."

Let's get to it!

Disclaimer: The information presented here is not intended to diagnose, treat, heal, cure or prevent any illness, medical, or mental health condition.

===== Free Gift for Listeners =====

Each Mind & Mane order contains 30 servings, but we'll provide a complementary additional 15 servings with each order using the code "GAMEONGIRLFRIEND15"

===== Connect with Bronwyn Carr =====

Website: https://www.mindandmane.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mind.and.mane/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MindandMane

===== Connect with Sarah =====

It's time to make more money, expand your reach and LOVE your life: https://sarahwalton.com/abundance-academy/

Instagram: https://instagram.com/thesarahwalton

Other Game On Girlfriend podcast episodes you might want to check out:

Your Body Is As Important As Your Business with Angelica Ventrice https://sarahwalton.com/womens-gut-health-love-your-body/

When You Hate Your Body, People Get Rich https://sarahwalton.com/megan-hadley/

What's Life REALLY Like After Menopause https://sarahwalton.com/cari/

How to Love Your Body https://sarahwalton.com/marla/

Understand Why You Eat What You Eat https://sarahwalton.com/audrey/

You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! http://bit.ly/YouTubeSWalton

Thank you so much for listening. I'm honored that you're here and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review."

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