Daniel Espeland is a biohacker and mushroom expert. He is a food entrepreneur and now works on food innovation with www.frokost.dk which supplies several millions meals a year to companies in Denmark and Holland. Daniel shares his vast knowledge about mushrooms in this episode and ends up sharing his top biohacking routines.
Shownotes:
- Why Daniel got interested in mushrooms. 2:10
- Why you can get a headache from eating the Button mushroom uncooked. 6:30
- Where to get good mushrooms and which ones to eat. 8:28
- How to get the most out of mushrooms. 10:54
- What a fungus is. 12:13
- Why some mushrooms are so good. 13:25
- The mushroom that has close to 10 times the amount of antioxidants as the Acai berries. 16:00
- The mushroom that helps with epilepsy, migraine or after concussion. 20:00
- The mushroom for improving sleep. 21:47
- What mushrooms that are useful as powder, extracts and which ones you need fresh. 22:15
- Where to learn more about mushrooms. 26:13
- Daniels routine. 29:20
Links to selected resources:
Four Sigmatic: https://international.foursigmatic.com/
Interview with Paul Stamets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPqWstVnRjQ
The book Mycelium Running: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239395.Mycelium_Running
Recommended Mushrooms:
Oyster mushroom
Chaga mushroom
Lion's mane mushroom
Shiitake mushrooms
Maitake mushroom
Turkey tail mushroom
Reishi mushroom
Links to people mentioned:
Paul Stamets: https://fungi.com/pages/about-us
Ryan Holiday: https://ryanholiday.net/
Mother Ocean: http://oceanwhitehawk.com/
If you just bought one mushroom then Daniel recommends:
Oyster mushrooms
Links to Daniel:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielespeland/
More info at www.growthisland.com
