#284 Reishi, Lions Mane, Cordyceps, Maitake and more with Tom Baxter Farmer and Mushroom Expert
The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast
Dr Rupy Aujla
4.8 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2025
⏱️ 124 minutes
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Summary
What makes a mushroom ‘medicinal’ and are they worth the hype? How do these fungi differ from the everyday varieties we cook with? On this week’s episode of The Doctor’s Kitchen podcast, we’re diving deep into the fascinating world of mushrooms with our expert guest Tom Baxter.
From Lion’s Mane to Reishi, we’ll explore the unique healing properties of these incredible organisms and what the research reveals about their potential benefits. We’ll discuss their effects on cognitive function, stress, fatigue, and even menopausal symptoms.
You’ll learn:
🍄 How to source high-quality mushroom products to avoid contaminants
🧑🏽🍳 The culinary and nutritional benefits of everyday mushrooms and their environmental impact
🧠 Whether there is evidence that mushrooms can improve mental well-being and support immunity.
🔎 Whether you’re a skeptic, a mushroom enthusiast, or just curious about these fascinating fungi, this episode is packed with insights to inspire you to add more mushrooms to your diet and daily life.
Tom Baxter is a farmer and founder of The Bristol Fungarium, which produces the UK's first organic certified medicinal mushrooms. Ever conscious of the unfolding ecological collapse that confronts us, Tom made the fateful move away from city life in 2008 to find meaning through working the land. After several educational years establishing his organic vegetable farm and two decades of largely unsuccessful foraging excursions he pivoted from farming and invested everything into creating The Bristol Fungarium, pioneering organic medicinal mushroom production in the UK.
If you’re in the mood for mushrooms, one of my favourite recipes on the doctors kitchen app is the “Cashew Curry with Chickpeas and Crispy Mushrooms” or better still, type in mushroom into the search bar at doctorskitchen.com to see what comes up ;)
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| 0:00.0 | Doctor's Kitchen |
| 0:01.1 | Recipes, Health, Lifestyle |
| 0:04.6 | What we find is that if it's going to work |
| 0:08.3 | and you have like an actual reason for taking them |
| 0:11.8 | that you can identify and you're going to be conscious of, |
| 0:14.3 | you'll probably notice it within three or four days. |
| 0:19.2 | Welcome to the Doctor's Kitchen podcast. |
| 0:24.2 | The show about food, lifestyle, medicine and how to improve your health today. |
| 0:31.8 | I'm Dr. Rupi, your host. I'm a medical doctor. I study, and I'm a firm believer in the power of food |
| 0:38.6 | and lifestyle as medicine. |
| 0:42.7 | Join me and my expert guests where we discuss the multiple determinants of what allows you |
| 0:48.7 | to lead your best life. |
| 0:55.5 | What makes a mushroom medicinal? |
| 0:58.7 | And are they worth the hype? |
| 1:00.9 | How do these fungi differ from the everyday varieties that we cook with? |
| 1:06.1 | Well, on this week's episode of the Doctor's Kitchen podcast, we are diving deep into the fascinating |
| 1:12.3 | world of mushrooms with our expert guest, Tom Baxter. You're going to learn about everything |
| 1:18.9 | from Lions Main to Rashi, and we're going to explore these potential unique healing properties |
| 1:24.7 | of incredible organisms that have been pried for millennia. |
| 1:29.4 | And we're also going to talk about what the research reveals about these potential benefits. |
| 1:33.8 | We're going to discuss their effects on cognitive function, stress, fatigue, and even |
| 1:39.7 | menopausal symptoms. Plus, we're actually going to answer the question whether mushroom teas and |
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