Calm + Sleep Pairing

AFA + Reishi

When taken daily AFA + Reishi will support calm restful sleep while providing powerful antioxidants to support a long healthy life!

 Reishi (Ganoderma Lucidum)

Reishi is a functional mushroom known in Traditional Chinese Medicine as the “mushroom of immortality”. It has been a revered and trusted fungi in Asia for thousands of years.  The bioactives in Reishi  target benefits associated with quality of life, management of fatigue and  overall blood levels, sleep and anxiety. The Triterpene and Polysaccharide and other identified bioactives are very active across multiple mechanisms of action in your body’s immune system and nervous system. It is a well studied fungi in the area of supporting health challenged patients as an adjunct therapy and preventative agent. It is also noted to support fatigue and depression. 

Reishi exhibits a calming and anti-anxiety effect by improving the function of our adrenal glands thereby promoting restful sleep, less anxiety, and an overall sense of calm and wellbeing. The most studied aspect of Reishi on humans is with health challnenged patients. 

The value as a functional mushroom is that Reishi works across a wide range of systems via multiple bioactives, making this fungi a great overall daily tonic. It is also a mushroom that can actually elicit a response” for many. A dropper or two twice a day with calming tea is a great combination to promote restful recovery and sleep. 

Reishi + AFA

The wide spectrum benefits of Reishi will be enhanced by AFA’s perfectly balanced amino acids, supported by all the other micronutrients that target brain health and mood. AFA will further enhance the calming benefits of Reishi making this combination a highly functional calming anti anti-anti-anxiety pairing. 

 As a cold-water algae, AFA has a balanced lipid profile to lubricate intercellular communication. AFA has just enough omega 3’s and amino acids neurotransmitters to optimize a new sense of natural calm coming from within assisting your own ability to achieve real calm and deep restful sleep.

Clinical Studies

Ganoderma lucidum Protects Dopaminergic Neuron Degeneration through Inhibition of Microglial Activation

Zhang R, Xu S, Cai Y, Zhou M, Zuo X, Chan P.  Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2011;2011:156810. doi:10.1093/ecam/nep075

Ganoderma lucidum improves physical fitness in women with fibromyalgia

Collado Mateo D, Pazzi F, Domínguez Muñoz FJ, et al. GANODERMA LUCIDUM IMPROVES PHYSICAL FITNESS IN WOMEN WITH FIBROMYALGIA. Nutr Hosp. 2015;32(5):2126-2135. Published 2015 Nov 1. doi:10.3305/nh.2015.32.5.9601

The role of polysaccharide peptide of Ganoderma lucidum as a potent antioxidant against atherosclerosis in high risk and stable angina patients

Sargowo D, Ovianti N, Susilowati E, et al. Indian Heart J. 2018;70(5):608-614. doi:10.1016/j.ihj.2017.12.007

Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi) suppresses proliferation and migration of breast compromised cells via inhibiting Wnt/β-catenin signaling

Zhang Y. Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi) suppresses proliferation and migration of breast cells via inhibiting Wnt/β-catenin signaling. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2017;488(4):679-684. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.04.086