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Vitamin D
has been shown to be essential for the body to
absorb calcium and magnesium. Two critical elements for maintaining
bone strength, Vitamin D is necessary for them to be utilized by the
body. Until now, the most common ways to get enough vitamin D were
through exposure to the sun or eating foods high in natural vitamin
D such as fish oil or with supplements like in milk.
With increased
concern over long term exposure to the sun, there is increasing
concern over a critical deficiency of vitamin D in infants and
adults.
Now Monterey
Mushrooms offers a safer and more nutritious alternative. Monterey’s
Sun-Bella brand mushrooms. Whenever you buy Sun-Bella brand
mushrooms, you will be assured of getting a minimum of 100% of the
Recommended Daily Intake (RDI) as established by the FDA. Mushrooms
react to sunlight in the same way as humans and produce a totally
natural form of vitamin D. As such they are totally safe and good
for you. A single 3 ounce serving will provide at least 100% of the
RDI with no fat and no cholesterol.
Vitamin D has
been linked to quite a few other health benefits in addition to bone
health. Recent research has shown vitamin D to be associated with a
healthy heart Early studies have also shown a possible link
between low levels of vitamin D and cancers such as Colon, breast,
pancreatic, and lung. One article even called vitamin D the
“possible nutrient of the decade”.
Read more...
Monterey
Mushrooms has spent over a year developing its Sun Bella mushroom
through a collaborative research program with the USDA. There have
also been several publications put out by the USDA as well as
jointly with Monterey concerning the development of vitamin D within
mushrooms. Read
more...
Many studies
have also suggested that infants and adolescents need far more
Vitamin D than is currently recommended. There has been a lot of
discussion at the FDA about increasing the RDI from its current
level of 400 up to 1,000 IU’s per day.
More Vitamin D Facts
Some other
articles that may be of interest relative to vitamin D are:
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/982088787.html
Vitamin D and
Autism as well as a good source of information at the Vitamin D
Council:
http://vitamindcouncil.org/health/autism/ | 
