Medicinal shrooms have some pretty tall claims floating about these days. Not to be confused with the magical kind, medicinal mushrooms are said to improve cognition, focus and even come with a few cancer-curing claims.

As always, we roll our eyes, take a deep breath and look at the science. Tune into this episode to learn whether these hopeful medical claims carry fact or are total fiction!

•do mushrooms actually reduce inflammation?

•can they slow tumour growth?

•which ones are the best for brain function?

•known adverse reactions

•Shauna's terrible experience taking medicinal mushrooms

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