How to consume Rishi Mushroom Powder?

[Striving for more]

I am trying out Rishi mushroom powder. 

But it's not very nice, hard to drink even when blended into a smoothie it tastes yukky as fuck. 

How are you meant to prepare & consume it?

Also, does anyone know if Rishi has benefits on cognition & Energy?

[Michael569]

30 minutes ago, Striving for more said:

Also, does anyone know if Rishi has benefits on cognition & Energy?

Mushrooms are not particularly nootropic. They do have a really decent immunomodulatory (e.g. allergies, asthma, autoimmunity) and mild adaptogenic effect but I don't think much research has been done on neuroplasticity (doesn't mean there is no effect). But if I was to point at one, I'd say Lion's Mane does seem to have some emerging data that it can help people with dementia or Alzheimer's so there is something happening there . 

The things is that we don't have standardised doses. We know roughly how much beta-glucans 100g of dried shitake have but we have no idea how much a person weighting XYZ kilos needs to invoke a particular therapeutic effect. Could be that the dose in capsules needs to be 10 times larger, I look forward to seeing this area of research emerging but so far there isn't much besides a bunch of petri-dish studies that can hardly be translated into real world effect. Also, many companies selling this stuff are growing it somewhere in a warehouse on hay stock so you are just buying overpriced polysaccharides. Mushrooms need to be grown in humid foresty areas on particular types of trees or rotting trea trunks.  If you want to look at what some of the best mushroom companies are doing, look up Hiffas Da Terra in UK, I took their course couple years ago, they are one of few genuine and high-quality brands in Eu

Add some cocoa and a little bit of honey (unless you have ethical conflict with honey in which case use maple syrup). Or just hold your nose while you drink it. Nature's best medicines are usually gross when eaten on their own.

[Michal__]

Try & observe. The fact that there hasn't been much research means that direct experience is your best bet.