Cordyceps Dosage

• General performance: 1000-2000mg per day
• Improve tolerance to high-intensity exercise: 3000mg-4000mg per day

The usual dosage, from the scientific literature, is 1000mg-3000mg per day of Cordyceps extract powder.  However, higher doses have been found effective in research. A human clinical study used 4000mg per day demonstrated improvement for high-intensity exercise performance. Even higher doses of cordyceps supplements can be considered for specific immune system support with the recommendation of a medical professional. Note that higher doses may reduce blood sugar levels.

Cordyceps Benefits

Cordyceps are undergoing many different types of clinical trials which show exciting potential across many health concerns.

1. Improve Athletic Performance: Cordyceps may help increase the body’s production of the molecule adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which is essential for delivering energy to the muscles. This may improve the way your body uses oxygen, especially during exercise. [1]
2. Improve learning and memory: Polypeptides in Cordyceps have been studied for there affect for improvement of cognitive function. [2] 
3. Anti-inflammatory: Cordyceps contains powerful bioactive compounds. One of these compounds, called Cordycepin, has been studied for its anti-inflammatory, immunomodulating, and antiviral properties*. [3] Cordyceps contains powerful bioactive compounds. One of these compounds, called Cordycepin, has been studied for its anti-inflammatory, immunomodulating, and antiviral properties*. [4]
4. Immune system support: Cordyceps militaris fruiting body also contains high levels of immune-supporting beta-glucans (up to 25%)*. This is vastly higher than supplements made from the mycelium of Cordyceps sinensis grown on grain, which could be as low as 1%.
5. May help stabilize blood sugar levels: Regulating blood sugar levels can be tricky. Although it’s not yet proven, so there are no recommendations of what type of cordyceps and how much of it to take, there are signs that cordyceps may help lower blood sugar levels and improve insulin resistance for some people. A
6. May improve kidney health: The anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects, as well as others, might help cordyceps improve kidney health or prevent kidney disease. One study showed that it may help treat renal fibrosis. In one large-scale study, cordyceps lowered creatinine levels in people with chronic kidney disease, and in others, it protected the kidneys from toxic drugs, complications of diabetes, and transplant rejection.

Precautions

• Cancer: Check with your doctor if you are under treatment.
• Diabetes. Take care that it does not lower your blood sugars to cause hypoglycemia.
• A bleeding disorder (or are taking blood thinners)
• An autoimmune disorder, cordyceps may cause more severe symptoms or flare-ups
• People who are pregnant or breastfeeding and children should also avoid taking cordyceps. Researchers don’t know if cordyceps is safe for them.
• If you’re going to have surgery, be sure to tell your surgeon if you are taking cordyceps as well. It may increase your bleeding risk.

Learn more

• Cordyceps militaris extracts and cordycepin ameliorate type 2 diabetes mellitus by modulating the gut microbiota and metabolites
• Cordyceps militaris improves tolerance to high intensity exercise after acute and chronic supplementation
• Improvement of Learning and Memory Induced by Cordyceps Polypeptide Treatment and the Underlying Mechanis
• The protective effect of cordyceps sinensis extract on cerebral ischemic injury via modulating the mitochondrial respiratory chain and inhibiting the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway