Forget getting out into the sun to replenish your vitamin D reserves- think mushrooms!
Positive Effect of Mushrooms on Body Weight
Substituting white button mushrooms for red meat was found to enhance and maintain weight loss, say researchers.
Substituting white button mushrooms for red meat was found to enhance and maintain weight loss, say researchers.
"The exciting thing I think is how rapidly we can take a mushroom that has no vitamin D in it whatsoever, and in less than one second we can increase the vitamin D content to over 100 percent (of the recommended daily allowance)," Michael Kalaras, scholar at Penn State University in Pennsylvania, was quoted as saying in Toronto Star.
Quick pulses of ultraviolet light flash over the mushroom's surface set off a chemical process that converts a compound similar to cholesterol inside the mushrooms into vitamin D.
Poisonous Mushrooms Turn Fatal for a 57-year-old
Soup made from dangerous death cap mushrooms turned fatal for 57 year old.
Soup made from dangerous death cap mushrooms turned fatal for 57 year old.
Researchers suggest that smaller amounts of mushrooms may be all you need if you have other sources of vitamin D in your diet.
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Eating Mushrooms can Increase Vitamin D Level, Says Scientist
Three or four button mushrooms are sufficient to make vitamin D for the average person's estimated daily needs, says Australian scientist.
Three or four button mushrooms are sufficient to make vitamin D for the average person's estimated daily needs, says Australian scientist.
Source-IANS
