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Monterey Mushrooms, Inc. has been working with
the United States Department of Agriculture to replicate what
happens in nature when mushrooms are exposed to light. Through
their research efforts, they have found that mushrooms respond
to light in much the same way humans do, by converting the sun’s
rays into Vitamin D. Mushrooms have a natural level of vitamin D,
and when exposed to sunlight they synthesize vitamin D.
No matter how you serve them, either cooked or raw, all of
vitamin D comes through for you. These new mushrooms offer 100% of
the recommended daily Vitamin D intake in one 3-ounce serving after
being exposed to ultraviolet light. This increased Vitamin D does
not involve any additives, supplements or chemicals. The Vitamin D
is stable — maintaining its nutritional value even after cooking or
freezing.
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Vitamin D
may prevent some cancers, diabetes and heart disease. New evidence suggests that
vitamin D plays a role in an adult’s immune system and may help
prevent infections and autoimmune diseases. Conclusive evidence
on the amounts required to prevent disease is not available yet,
but it suggests that vitamin D is helpful.
Vitamin
D is
a known antioxidant
Suspected to be effective in fighting a variety of
cancers including colon, breast, and prostate.
Vitamin D is is
suspected to be effective in fighting numerous diseases including
multiple sclerosis, Type 1 diabetes, and rheumatoid arthritis.
Vitamin D is
essential for absorption of calcium
and magnesium in the body, which helps to maintain bone
strength. Without vitamin D you can not absorb calcium. Vitamin D may help prevent several serious diseases,
and it keeps your bones strong and healthy. Vitamin D not only
prevents the bone-softening disease rickets, but treats it. Adequate
vitamin D throughout childhood may also reduce the risk of the
bone-thinning disease, osteoporosis.
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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. Whenever you buy
Monterey's sliced mushrooms with Vitamin D, 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 Vitamin D 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:
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