Here is another mushroom that most of us may not have heard of: Cordyceps mushrooms (also known as caterpillar fungus) are a fungus typically found in the Tibetan Plateau and Himalayan regions of Nepal. Now before you get scared about its origins, this mushroom is a highly-valued ingredient in ...

Native to the ecoregion known as The Amazon Basin, Guarana (pron: g'wara-naa) is a climbing plant which produces a reddish brown fruit. The seeds from this fruit are ground down into powder form and are regularly used as a dietary supplement. The Guarana plant is categorised into the ‘Acer genus’ ...