A Mother Uses Functional Mushrooms To Fight Epilepsy with Sarah Kate Boylan

In this episode of Suga Snake Takes, "Suga" Rashad Evans and Jake "The Snake" Plummer talk with Sarah Kate Boylan, founder of the nonprofit Lily's Lighthouse. She reports from the frontier of functional mushrooms, recounting the remarkable story of how she used functional mushrooms to treat her daughter’s epilepsy, helping her go from 50 seizures a day to surfing!

Umbo is proud to stand behind natural medicine research nonprofits Realm of Caring, Unlimited Sciences and Lily’s Lighthouse. These organizations are currently collecting data for an observational study on the efficacy of the functional mushrooms Lion’s Mane and Reishi in treating epilepsy in children and adults. Learn more here.

Here's What We Cover In This Episode:

00:00 Lily's Struggles and Miraculous Improvement

00:40 Introduction to Sarah Kate and Lily's Lighthouse

01:53 Sarah Kate's Journey and Lily's Diagnosis

03:10 Discovering Functional Mushrooms

05:34 The Impact of Functional Mushrooms on Lily

08:12 Challenges and Breakthroughs

11:37 Lily's Progress and Future Research

13:29 Community and Advocacy

18:12 Lily's Daily Life and Inspirations

34:42 Lily's Communication Progress

35:03 Winning an Emmy for Lily