Is there oil in mushrooms?
on 11/8/12 1:22 pm - CA
Mushrooms are high in vitamin D. But is there oil in mushrooms? Is the vitamin D in mushrooms fat soluble or might it be dry? My guess is that the vitamin D in mushrooms is oil based or some of you smart science-y types or medical people would have suggested eating lots of mushrooms. Can anyone explain this to me?
Mushrooms are low to no fat. There are all different kinds and generally, 3 oz of shrooms has @2% of the MDR of D. You would turn into a mushroom before you could eat enough to get in the D you need. I looked and didn't find much higher than that. Some of the vegan sites have info on lots of kinds of mushrooms.
on 11/9/12 2:37 am - CA
Thank you PattyL. Didn't think there was much oil in mushrooms. But didn't realize the % of Vit D was so low. Recently purchased a box of sliced mushrooms - just the plain white ones from the supermarket - and the label plainly said it provided 100% of D. Didn't think to look at the serving size. Maybe some truth in advertising problem there? Of course that wasn't a DS recommended % of D. But the entire box, about 3 cups, cooked down to ~1/2 cup, so began wondering if the vitamin D might be in a dry form in mushrooms?
With the understanding that it still wouldn't be near enough vitamin D for a DSer, is it possible to find out if the vitamin D in mushrooms might be dry D? How could that be researched? Does vitamin D naturally occur in dry form in ANY food source?
Just curiosity on my part.
Most of the foods advertised as being high in D are fortified. The D is added by the manufacturer, it is not naturally occurring. To the best of my knowledge, there is no natural significant source of dry D.
The highest natural sources of D are fish, fish, and more fish. With a couple shellfish thrown in for good measure.
The shrooms that are highest are dried ****ake. Of course the drying would concentrate all the nutrients in the mushroom. If you reconstitute them, the D would drop.