Best mushroom varieties for vitamin D and how to cook them
Surprisingly, mushrooms are a good source of vitamin D. But, not all mushrooms can provide you the same sunshine vitamin. A number of factors can influence their vitamin D content, such as the variety, the surroundings they were grown in or the methods incorporated to grow them. Past this, The cooking methods can also determine how well the mushrooms retain vitamin D content. According to The Nutrition Source, the official website of the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the amount of vitamin D mushrooms contain varies widely and depends on how long the mushrooms are exposed to UV light. This is because mushrooms contain a substance called ergosterol, and when this substance is exposed to UV light, it produces vitamin D2. This form of vitamin D is only found in plants. So, mushrooms grown in dark, controlled environments indoors will contain little (if any) vitamin D, unless exposed to UV lights.
