[The Guardian] North Korea makes new mushroom sports drink

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un tours a mushroom factory affiliated with North Korea’s military unit 534. (Photograph: Rodong Shinmun)

[The Guardian] North Korean scientists have developed a new sports drink made from mushrooms to enhance athletic prowess, according to state media.

In a report detailing “new inventions” in the secretive state, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said researchers at the Microbiological Research Institute of the State Academy of Sciences had developed a “very effective” new mushroom drink to help athletes recover from exertion.

“They succeeded in finding the way to cultivate mushroom fungus and made a functional drink,” KCNA reports. “This natural drink is very effective in enhancing physical ability of sportspersons and recovering from their fatigues.”

The report does not explain how the drink’s health benefits work, when it will be made widely available, or how it tastes.

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