Mushrooms picked in sunlight are a great way to supplement your Vitamin D. In his 2005 book Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World (Ten speed Press), Dr. Paul Stamets suggests that “populations where vitamin D is seriously deficient, sun-exposed dried mushrooms can help address a serious health issue.”
In 2004, Stamets made the discovery that the levels of Vitamin D in freshly picked Shiitake mushrooms grown indoors rose from 110 IU per 100 grams to 46,000 IU when they were placed upside down in the sun for six hours.
Upshot: we’ve always known that mushrooms are delicious. Now we also know they’re good for you, too.
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