VITAMIN D NEWS
USDA's National Nutrient Database – the foundation of most food and nutrition databases in the U.S. – has been updated to include vitamin D values to 2,900 foods and fresh mushrooms are THE ONLY fruit or vegetable with natural vitamin D. Please click here to view our press release.
Similar to the way that humans absorb sunlight and convert it to vitamin D, mushrooms contain a plant sterol–ergosterol–that converts to vitamin D when exposed to sunlight. Check out the resources below for more information on vitamin D.
VITAMIN D FACT SHEET
- Vitamin D Fact Sheet - find out about the health effects of vitamin D
VITAMIN D RESEARCH
- Beelman R, Kalaras M. Post-harvest Vitamin D Enrichment of Fresh Mushroom. Department of Food Science. Penn State University.
- Holick, MF. Vitamin D Deficiency. N Engl J Med 2007; 357:266-81.
- Feeney, M. J. (2006, September/October). Mushrooms--intake, composition, and research. Nutrition Today, 41(5), 219-26.
- Dikeman, C. L., et al. (2005). Effects of stage of maturity and cooking on the chemical composition of select mushroom varieties. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 1130-8.
- Mattila, P., et al. (2002). Basic composition and amino acid contents of mushrooms cultivated in Finland. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 50, 6419-22.
- Mattila, P., et al. (2001). Contents of vitamins, mineral elements, and some phenolic compounds in cultivated mushrooms. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 49(5), 2343-8.
- Release 19. (n.d.). USDA national nutrient database for standard reference. Retrieved from USDA database. http://www.ars.usda.gov/ba/bhnrc/ndl.
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WebMD, Vitamin D May Ease Depression, http://www.webmd.com/depression/news/20040803/vitamin-d-ease-depression.
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Office of Dietary Supplements. Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Vitamin D. http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/vitamind.asp#h3.
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Palmieri C, MacGregor T, Girgis S, Vigushin D. Serum 25 hydroxyvitamin D levels in early and advanced breast cancer. J Clin Pathol.2006; online edition: http://jcp.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/59/12/1334.