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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Saskia Kemsley

I’m a caffeine obsessive and here's what I thought of the Dirtea Mushroom Coffee

Adaptogenic supplements have been rapidly gaining popularity as the love for all things fungi finds itself stretching far beyond Californian soil. But what exactly are they?

According to David Hibbett, a celebrated Mycologist and Associate Professor in Biology at Clark University, “They’re in this Wild West of nutritional supplements. They sound very promising, which makes them good for marketing purposes. But they're unregulated. Anybody can claim anything.”

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