Let your food do the sunbaking for you! A novel new way to get vitamin D has recently been discovered, and it doesn’t involve supplements or sunbaking everyday- at least not you anyways. New research out of Sydney University which has found 3 or 4 small mushrooms (about 100g) are in fact able to generate enough vitamin D for the average person’s daily requirements. What’s the catch? Well, just like humans, the mushrooms simply need exposure to sunlight to generate vitamin D – the most bioavailable form of vitamin D. Just chuck ‘em on the windowsill. Most store-bought mushrooms are grown in the dark, and thus don’t contain much vitamin D at time of purchase. To solve this issue, just let your mushrooms bask in the sunlight (or light from a UV light bulb) for 2-3 hours and voila! You’ve got yourself a natural, effective vitamin D “supplement.” Best part of all, exposure to UV light doesn’t affect the texture or taste.
Posted on: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 11:15:42 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015