Mushrooms can be an effective source of vitamin D: study

Mushrooms are touted as potentially good source of vitamin D

Tucking into a bowl of cream of mushroom soup or a plate of sauteed mushrooms may be an effective way of upping your vitamin D intake, provided you choose mushrooms that have been exposed to plenty of UV light, suggest the authors of a new US study.

In the randomised study out of Boston University, 30 healthy adults took capsules of vitamin D2, capsules of vitamin D3, or mushroom powder containing vitamin D2 once a day during the winter, when stores of the sunshine vitamin are low.