Weekly Links: Mushroom News from Around the Web
Foods for an ironclad immune system Yahoo! Food thinks you’ll happy to know that the mouth-watering mushroom gravy over your favorite steak is actually a tremendous immune booster. According to recent studies, increased intake of white button mushrooms enhances those natural killer cells, thus promoting immunity.
Mushroom best practices – a Mushroom Council report The Packer reports that fresh mushrooms are one of the highest profits per square-foot items in the entire produce department! Keep cooking with those mushrooms; they taste great and are good for your health.
Researchers see link between vitamin D, flu immunity There has been a lot of news about the flu and immunity recently. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel wants you to remember that vitamin D can help boost your immunity, and we want you to remember that mushrooms are the only fruit or veggie that naturally contains vitamin D.
Brown rice with pineapple and shitake mushrooms This is a great summertime dish that comes to us from Turn to 10 News. Try it out at your next sun-filled gathering and let us know what you think.
The vitamin-D debate The debate about how much vitamin D we need has intensified over the past 10 years. TIME magazine reports that amid all this new evidence, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has assembled a panel of experts to re-evaluate just how much vitamin D we really need and can safely tolerate. Stay tuned as we find out more information.
Vitamin D and Olympic athletes Okay, so maybe you’re not training for the Olympics, but since Looking Fit reports that vitamin D can improve reaction time, muscle strength, speed and endurance for Olympic athletes, we think it’s something for us “normal” people to take into consideration too. Add some extra vitamin D to your meals simply by tossing in a handful of mushrooms, it’s that easy!
Could there be the magic in mushrooms to beat swine flu According to Short News, researchers at the Tufts University in Massachusetts believe mushrooms can improve your health by defending the body against viral infections and tumors.
