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Supplement

Cordyceps

Contains bioactive phytochemicals that may modulate stress, immune, and metabolic pathways.[1585,2980,3424, etc.]

Superscript reference numbers link to the Sources bibliography.

Strong Evidence

Stress ResilienceMoodImmune SupportLongevity

Composite Rating

3.7/5

Blends evidence depth, community direction, safety friction, and completeness.

Evidence Intensity

86/100

High depth from human/RCT/meta counts

Community Direction

Positive Lean • confidence Low

Safety Friction

100/100

High signal from adverse/interaction markers

Data Completeness

100%

Studies 11 • mentions 6 • links 22

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Implementation Blueprint

Goal alignment: Stress Resilience, Mood, Immune Support, Longevity.[42,256,267, etc.]

Dose guide: Human-study daily dose: 50 mg-1000 mg/day (higher-confidence extraction from PubMed abstracts)..[42,256,267, etc.]

Category: botanical.[42,256,267, etc.]

At-A-Glance Evidence Architecture[1585,2980,3424, etc.]

Clinical Depth

Humans: 57 • RCTs: 11 • Meta: 0

Cohort / Real-World

Cohort signals: 0

Safety Markers

Adverse signals: 155 • Interactions: 142

Evidence Tracking

Freshness, trend, and study timeline for this item

Evidence Tracking

Status

New Evidence

Trend

→ Stable evidence base

Depth

229 total studies · 2 recent

Timeline

20042024

Top Signal Metrics[1585,2980,3424, etc.]

Animal-only studies

845

In vitro / tissue

440

Total indexed

229

Safety adverse signals

155

Interaction signals

142

Human studies

Community Direction Mix[42,256,267, etc.]

Weighted direction score: 67 (Positive Lean)

Evidence Quality Summary[1585,2980,3424, etc.]

High when >=2 human meta-analyses, or >=5 human RCTs with substantial human literature volume.

Animal-only studies

845

In vitro / tissue

440

Total indexed

229

Safety adverse signals

155

Interaction signals

142

Human studies

Randomized trials

Meta-analyses

Study Type Breakdown

Distribution of evidence by study design strength

Randomized TrialsLevel 1b11

Human Studies (other)Level 3-446

All IndexedAll levels229

Evidence Strength: High

Composite of study volume, RCTs, and meta-analyses

Top Human Studies[1585,2980,3424, etc.]

PMID 38580687 • 2024 Apr 5

A randomized controlled clinical trial examining the effects of Cordyceps militaris beverage on the immune response in healthy adults.

Sci Rep

Open PubMed

PMID 31623349 • 2019 Oct 3

Rhodiola/Cordyceps-Based Herbal Supplement Promotes Endurance Training-Improved Body Composition But Not Oxidative Stress and Metabolic Biomarkers: A Preliminary Randomized Controlled Study.

Nutrients

Open PubMed

PMID 36374982 • 2022

Efficacy of Cordyceps cicadae (Ascomycota) Mycelium Supplementation for Amelioration of Dry Eye Symptoms: A Randomized, Double-Blind Clinical Pilot Study.

Community Report Frequency[42,256,267, etc.]

Benefit reports: 5

Adverse reports: 1

No-effect reports: 0

Mixed reports: 0

Unclear reports: 0

Signal confidence: 0.28

Top Reported Effects[42,256,267, etc.]

Benefits

recovery: 2
sleep: 1
strength: 1
effective: 1
energy: 1

Adverse

Autoimmune diseases: 1
Mushroom allergy: 1
Insomnia (stimulating): 1

No Effect

insufficient no-effect reports captured: 0

Moderate positive empirical signal; apply a light priority boost.

Reddit evidence: 3 mentions (confidence 0.28) across Supplements, Biohackers.

Amazon signal: 1 products scanned (948 ratings) (confidence 0.79).

GNC signal: 0 products scanned (confidence 0.00) [BLOCKED].

Community Evidence Examples[42,256,267, etc.]

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Open mention

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Retail Signal Examples

amazon

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Open product

Primary Source Links

Evidence Sources

Scientific Evidence Notes[1585,2980,3424, etc.]

1. PubMed evidence summary: Cordyceps

PUBMED • Humans + preclinical triage

Counts aggregated from automated literature sweep and tiering rules.

Outcome: Tier HIGH; humans 57, RCTs 11, meta-analyses 0.[1585,2980,3424, etc.]

Open source

2. A randomized controlled clinical trial examining the effects of Cordyceps militaris beverage on the immune response in healthy adults.

PUBMED • 2024 • Human evidence curation set

PMID 38580687 from Sci Rep.

Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[, etc.]

Implementation Blueprint

At-A-Glance Evidence Architecture[1585,2980,3424, etc.]

Evidence Tracking

Evidence Tracking

Top Signal Metrics[1585,2980,3424, etc.]

Community Direction Mix[42,256,267, etc.]

Evidence Quality Summary[1585,2980,3424, etc.]

Study Type Breakdown

Top Human Studies[1585,2980,3424, etc.]

Community Report Frequency[42,256,267, etc.]

Top Reported Effects[42,256,267, etc.]

Community Evidence Examples[42,256,267, etc.]

Retail Signal Examples

Primary Source Links

Scientific Evidence Notes[1585,2980,3424, etc.]

Safety and Pitfalls