Saturday, September 24, 2011

Mushrooms & Vitamin D2

Although mushrooms contain little or any vitamin D2
, they are abundant in
ergosterol which can be converted into vitamin D2
upon exposure to ultraviolet
(UV) irradiation.


Bioavailability of
vitamin D2 from
D2-enhanced button
mushrooms improved
vitamin D status
similar to a vitamin
D2 supplement.

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