Medicinal Mushrooms: Practical Applications for Nutrition and Wellness Practices with Mason Bresett from the NANP 2023 HEALCon. Take this quiz to earn 1.5 CECs.

Mason is a naturopathic doctor (ND) with a strong background in mycology. He has experience using mushrooms in a clinical health and wellness setting and operates a general family naturopathic practice in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada – The Health Creation Lab. Mason uses medicinal mushrooms daily to support his patients. He continues to provide a balance of historical and up-to-date medicinal mushroom research for health and wellness professionals. He is also actively engaged in multiple projects with universities, medical doctors, and functional oncologists setting up research studies using medicinal mushroom extracts. Mason is the Chief Science Advisor at Real Mushrooms.

Presentation Description:
This presentation is about exploring the practical applications of mushroom use in a general nutrition or wellness practice. Presenter Dr. Mason Bresett, ND naturopathic doctor, a primary care provider, will discuss the top clinical conditions to consider mushrooms (digestive concerns, low energy, cancer, thyroid concerns, allergies, insomnia, colds and flu, chronic infections, and metabolic disease). Focusing on case studies, research, and historic use of mushrooms will support the foundation of this presentation. The specific use of mycology as medicine in autoimmunity, CIRS, mycotoxin illness, and candida infections will be included. Dr. Mason will also discuss contraindications, side effects, and drug interactions. A trained Innate Immunity overview will be discussed, and what this means for dosing and use of mushrooms in your practice. Special mention of two medicinal compounds, ergothioneine and psilocybin, will be discussed.

Learning Objectives:

• Mushroom doses and protocols to use for general health complaints common to every health practitioner (allergies, colds, flu, metabolic disease, low energy, digestive complaints, sleep disorders, thyroid disorders) 
• Contraindications for mushrooms 
• How to use mushrooms to enhance innate immunity 
• Using mushrooms in autoimmune, CIRS, mycotoxin, and candida cases 
• How to identify which mushroom extract to use based on research and historic use
• How mushrooms can support mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health
• How to track blood labs when using mushrooms for oncology and chronic infections