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Ep 70: From Booze to Benefits: Functional Drinks, Explained

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Are functional drinks the future of socialising, or just another wellness fad? On this episode of The Big Drink Rethink, host Anna Donaghey sits down with Zoey Henderson, an entrepreneur, mindful drinking consultant, and early functional drinks pioneer, to unravel the hype, science, and shifting culture around functional drinks. With drinking habits changing across the UK and a booming market for mushroom-powered beers and botanical blends, they explore whether these innovative drinks can deliver real benefits, challenge traditions, and truly change how and why we drink. This episode offers plenty of practical tips to help you rethink what you’re pouring into your glass.

Here are the highlights:

00:00 Introduction

05:13 Functional ingredients are being integrated into various beverage categories

11:50 Functional drinks in the non-alcoholic space offer benefits like relaxation or invigoration

17:20 Brands must ensure transparency and provide evidence

21:18 Mainstream adoption of using adaptogens in drinks

25:05 Undoing long-standing alcohol marketing is challenging

41:01 Understand consumer needs respectfully

44:54 Lion's mane mushroom can enhance cognitive health over time

47:19 Using fungi and plants for health is regaining popularity

50:38 Research product ingredients independently.


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About the host Anna:

Anna is a certified Alcohol Mindset Coach, trained by Annie Grace of This Naked Mind. Drawing on her own journey out of alcohol addiction, she now helps others explore and control their drinking. With a career spanning 25 years as a Strategist in the Advertising industry, she combines her own lived experiences, with great insight into what makes us tick and what influences us to behave the way we do.



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