Mushrooms
Cordyceps Mushroom Powder
Cordyceps Mushroom Powder Questions
Q. Would you please provide a competitive comparison as to why your product is superior to the rest of the market. I'd like to buy from the best quality available. I am very interested in this product. Do you have any type of studies which may be available? Thanks.
Asked by Flory Alvaradi on May 22, 2005.A. Cordyceps (short for Cordyceps sinensis) is a rare Chinese mushroom that grows naturally on certain species of caterpillars. The cordyceps mushrooms we stock are cultivated through fermentation which means, without caterpillars! Our mushrooms are grown in a quality controlled, hygenic environment that provides the highest level of medicinal constituents available. For thousands of years, cordyceps mushroom have been used by chinese healers as a tonic for sexual vigor and vitality.
The cordyceps mushroom reduces the accumulation of lactic acid build up in muscles. As some of you may know, lactic acid is a byproduct of glucose that builds up in muscles during anaerobic exercise (high-intensity exercise like weight-lifting or sprinting). Lactic acid buildup is what makes muscles sore after a hard workout. Cordyceps mushroom supplements may increase athletic performance.
Q. I read that cordyceds help you relax your muscles in the lungs opening up the airways and increasing your oxygen intake. If so, can it help in the sport of cycling.
Asked by Arturo Milward on April 24, 2006.A. Like other adaptogens, cordyceps may both decrease fatigue and increase physical endurance. When administered to mice, cordyceps increases swimming endurance capacity from 75 minutes to 90 minutes, and when given to rats, cordyceps prevents the weight changes of various glands during a period of chronic stress as well as preventing other biochemical stress markers. In double-blind, placebo controlled trials in humans, cordyceps has significantly improved aerobic capacity in healthy elderly volunteers in cycling ergometer tests and significantly increased maximal oxygen intake and total ventilation capacity during incremental work-rate cycling. In another 6 week trial, cordyceps decreased basal glucose, blood lactic acid, and respiratory exchange ratio during prolonged submaximal exercise in healthy volunteers, indicating improved glucose metabolism and increased lipid oxidation during exercise. Cordyceps also facilitates the adaption to hypoxic (low-oxygen) environments in mice.
Cordyceps may also increase testosterone levels, and this effect has been seen in multiple in vitro studies. This effect was also recently seen in vivo in mice with low testosterone production, in which cordyceps increased plasma testosterone levels by approximately 170%. It is hypothesized that the testosterone increase is due to polysaccharides and/or glycoproteins in cordyceps that are similar to LH in structure and bind to LH receptors, stimulating testosterone production.
