The Power Of Psilocybin To Heal Our Minds And Our Bodies with Paul Stamets

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Compounds that have long been considered recreational drugs by
conventional standards are finally being recognized through science
as powerful tools for overcoming hard-to-treat health issues like
PTSD, depression, addiction, and more.  Today on The Doctor’s
Farmacy, I’m excited to talk to my good friend and one of the
world’s most renowned mycologists, Paul Stamets, all about
psilocybin and how this compound is helping us reimagine our way of
treating one of the most important public health crises
today—mental illness.  Paul Stamets is a speaker, author,
mycologist, medical researcher, and entrepreneur and is considered
an intellectual and industry leader in fungi: habitat, medicinal
use, and production. His breakthrough research has created a
paradigm shift for helping ecosystems worldwide. He has received
numerous awards, including Invention Ambassador for the American
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the National
Mycologist Award from the North American Mycological Association
(NAMA), and the Gordon & Tina Wasson Award from the Mycological
Society of America (MSA). In 2020, Paul was inducted into the
Explorer’s Club. He has been awarded myriad patents in the field of
mycology. Paul is the founder and sole owner of Fungi Perfecti,
LLC, the maker, and marketer of the category-leading
myco-supplement Host Defense line. This episode is brought to you
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thrivemarket.com/Hyman today. Here are more details from our
interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): Why we should
care about mushrooms (6:50 / 4:39) Why mushrooms are the zeitgeist
of our time (12:35 / 10:00)  Health benefits of mushrooms
(13:54 / 12:07)  How psilocybin works in human brains (29:34 /
25:48)  Psilocybin as treatment for mental health and
addiction (33:07 / 28:55)  Specific psilocybin molecules that
influence us neurologically (40:04 / 35:46) Research on psilocybin
for mental health issues (51:58 / 48:06) The Stamets Stack
microdosing method (1:02:41 / 58:57) The future of psilocybin use
in our society (1:15:43 / 1:11:50)  A day in the life of Paul
Stamets (1:20:16 / 1:16:22)  Learn more at paulstamets.com.