Christopher Hobbs, PhD, LAc
Learn how mushrooms are a cost-effective, enjoyable, yet highly experiential superfood that can help ward off disease, keep your immune system strong, sharpen your cognitive skills, and, in some cases, heighten your consciousness and lead to a deeply meaningful spiritual experience.
Explore the practical, science-based benefits that mushrooms can add to your diet, healing regimen, and even your spiritual evolution.
Mushrooms! They are earthy, savory, versatile, and downright delicious in meals.
What you may not know is that mushrooms have been used for thousands of years for their incredible health-promoting and medicinal properties. Going back to ancient Egypt, pharaohs forbade commoners from eating what they considered “the plant of immortality.”
There are thousands of edible mushroom species in the world and approximately 250+ of them have been identified as having healing properties. East Asian traditions and Indigenous cultures have always embraced mushrooms to treat all manner of ailments — and now Westerners are recognizing their nutritional and medicinal superpowers for the body, mind, and even the spirit.
Dr. Christopher Hobbs, renowned herbalist, research scientist, and faculty at the University of Massachusetts, believes that by incorporating mushrooms into our diets — fresh, cooked, or as dried adaptogens — we can help prevent and transform a myriad of debilitating issues.
In Christopher's free online event, you’ll discover the scientifically supported benefits of making mushrooms a part of your daily regimen. He’ll share the ways this fungi can strengthen and fine-tune your immune system to help stave off cancer, prevent heart disease, keep bones healthy, improve digestion, aid cognitive function, and much more.
He’ll discuss the incredible inroads being made by the scientific community on how psilocybin (aka psychoactive mushrooms) are benefitting those who suffer from depression, anxiety, addiction, and PTSD, among other psychological conditions.
Christopher will also touch on the benefits of mushrooms being incorporated into a more plant-based diet — giving you plenty of protein, fiber, and vitamins — while also being a very sustainable food source to grow. (It takes 3/4 of a gallon of water to cultivate one pound of mushrooms in comparison to the 1,800 gallons needed to provide for one pound of beef.)
Mushrooms are a billion-dollar industry; over 900 million pounds are grown commercially each year — to be consumed in their natural form or added as foundational ingredients in power bars, coffee-type drinks, and adaptogenic tinctures and tonics.
Christopher will also illustrate how you can make your own mushroom coffee, comparable and even better than the popular brands — which will translate into savings in your grocery budget. In addition, he’ll share the variety of ways you can dial in the spices perfectly to your taste.
In this free one-hour event, you’ll discover:
- Ways to incorporate mushrooms on a dietary, medicinal, and transformational level — and how they serve as convincing alternatives to meat, protein powders, flavor enhancers, nutritional boosting powders, coffee, and more!
- The incredible immune-boosting and normalizing properties of mushrooms
- How new research shows that mushroom fiber is the most effective type of prebiotic fiber — which helps to regulate mood, immunity, blood circulation, sleep, and sexual function
- How a greater consumption of mushrooms can lessen the threat of many cancers by as much as 33%
- The ways in which fungi are essential for healthy growth and communication of all plants, including trees for the restoration of forests — and can help save our planet
Christopher, a fourth-generation herbalist and licensed acupuncturist, has a doctorate from UC Berkeley, having studied everything from evolutionary biology and phylogenetics to medicinal plant chemistry and ethnobotany.
Over the course of 60 minutes, he will reveal the power of mushrooms as medicine — how they’re safe, with negligible side effects, and very inexpensive (and sometimes even free if you’re willing to hunt them yourself) to procure.
You’ll also be one of the first to hear about Christopher’s 7-week course where he’ll be exploring five popular healing mushrooms (with an overview of other valuable species) — and detailing how to shop or forage for them, how to dry and cook them, and the proper dosing to maximize their healing benefits.
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What People Are Saying About Christopher Hobbs, PhD, LAc...
“I would highly recommend this course to anyone who wants an in-depth knowledge of herbal medicine and energetic principles.”
Thank you for a terrific course. I especially appreciated the organization of the material by major body system and the holistic approach to diagnosis and treatment. The blend of lectures, slide presentations, and text provided a thorough, well-rounded, integrated course on herbal medicine. The lessons were very detailed and thorough, and I learned a tremendous amount from them. I would highly recommend this course to anyone who wants an in-depth knowledge of herbal medicine and energetic principles.
— Julie Herzog, Elderberry Herb Farm, Sharon Springs, New York
“Thank you for creating this program!”
In the past, I never thought I’d do well with this type of program, as I prefer a classroom setting. However, once I saw Christopher’s presentation, I realized how in-depth and good this program would be for me. I have enjoyed each chapter and even though some is overview, I still learned more than I knew before. I have encouraged others to take this program because of the incredible instructional background and development, and how easy this is to fit into my current busy lifestyle. I am excited to progress onward through this study, and know this work will lead me to more of what I like in the herb profession.
— Kelly Clonts, manager at Peachtree Natural Foods, Atlanta, Georgia
“I have explored many herbal-distance learning programs, and this course is by far superior.”
I absolutely love this course! I have explored many herbal distance learning programs and this course is by far superior. The material is presented so that it’s easily understandable with great references, making the information easy to retain. The course goes beyond theory, and presents practical information that you can begin using immediately. I am finally making my own herbal remedies that are benefitting myself, my family, and friends. I would highly recommend Mr. Hobbs’ program to anyone interested in studying the wonder of herbs!
— L.M. Vellucci, martial arts instructor, Redmond, Oregon
“I highly recommend this course for anyone wanting to gain a deeper understanding of herbal medicine.”
The course has been an amazing adventure for me. There is so much information packed in a very organized way that builds from one lesson to the next. There’s an underlying theme throughout that helps one grasp concepts along the way. I especially loved the way that problems in each body system are addressed with well-defined herbal formulas that one can make. The information about the herbs themselves is invaluable, and I know I will be referring back to this course always. The course quizzes are a way to consolidate the information gained from each lesson, and at the end of each lesson one can continue with the additional projects listed, so the learning goes on! I highly recommend this course for anyone wanting to gain a deeper understanding of herbal medicine.
— Monique Portanger, registered and licensed occupational therapist
About Christopher Hobbs, PhD, LAc
Dr. Christopher Hobbs is a fourth-generation internationally renowned herbalist, licensed acupuncturist, herbal clinician, research scientist, consultant to the dietary supplement industry, expert witness, botanist, and mycologist with over 40 years of experience. The author and co-author of over 20 books, Dr. Hobbs lectures on herbal medicine worldwide.
He has taught at numerous universities and medical schools, including Bastyr University and the National School of Naturopathic Medicine. He taught classes for over seven years at University of California, Berkeley, as a PhD graduate student in evolutionary biology, phylogenetics, plant chemistry, and ethnobotany, and also as a faculty lecturer. Dr. Hobbs taught a fully accredited lab class in all aspects of herbal medicine at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
