Man took ‘miracle supplement’ every day for one month and shared everything that changed

If you spend even five minutes on social media these days, you'll probably hear about at least one thing which will supposedly turn your life around.

People online love to be hyperbolic and convince you that eating nothing but meat is great for your health, or why drinking one sip of beer will ruin your life forever. But in reality, you can probably enjoy nearly everything in life, as long as it's done in moderation.

The current trend right now seems to be focused on food, with health influencers waxing lyrical about superfoods like ginger or chia seeds, and generally, they will have a good impact on the body.

Things like fasting can have mixed results, particularly if you don't do it safely, while rich people are now collecting expensive supplements like they are Pokemon cards, in a bid to build the best versions of themselves. In my day, we just had a shot of cod liver oil.

You only need to look at the life of biohacker Bryan Johnson to see just how far some folks are willing to go in order to stay young and fit, and his latest experience with mushrooms actually brings me to the main 'miracle supplement' here.

Lion's mane mushrooms are also known as hericium erinaceus (Getty Stock)

YouTuber Pierre Dalati decided to test out one of the internet's favourite supplements - lion's mane mushrooms - which supposedly can help boost sleep, energy and cognitive function.

Dalati is well-versed in testing his body in the name of science, having previously given up masturbating for a whole year, and he had nothing but praise for lion's mane after taking the supplement every day for a month.

He said: "After taking it for 30 days the first effect I noticed is increased energy, but not a boost of energy as you would experience after taking some caffeine. I just noticed that my energy levels were really well maintained throughout the day at a very consistent level.

"Second effect I noticed is improved memory you know sometimes you get an idea and you go to execute this idea and then all of a sudden you're like 'oh wait what was it that I want to do again'. Well that would tend to happen less, I would just be able to recall things a lot quicker and I simply wouldn't forget things as easily.

"The third prominent effect I noticed is reduced stress and anxiety, and the best way I can describe it is that all the little noise in my head kind of just went away. I would tend to just be able to brush things off a lot easier."

While this all sounds fantastic, and there certainly doesn't seem to be any downside from what Dalati says, it simply hasn't been backed by enough reliable human evidence for scientists to confirm if it's good for us or not.

Although it has been used in Chinese medicine for centuries, we still don't have an accurate figure for how much we should take, and therefore we don't know how much we'd have to take to see a meaningful impact.

But considering there are plenty of celebrities, such as Jeremy Clarkson, who are said to be taking lion's mane on the regular, then who am I to tell you it's not worth it?

As always, it's best to just chat with your doctor about things like this, but Dalati's experience certainly sounds promising.