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There is a documentary , Fantastic Fungi.
“Raw carrots, cooked bamboo shoots, and cooked mushrooms contain antibiotics that are safe to use everyday. Like tetracycline and the macrolide antibiotics, they (especially mushrooms) are also
anti-inflammatory.
-Dr. Ray Peat“Mushrooms are curious things. They can soak up vitamin D from the sun and store it even after they have been harvested. Even putting already dried mushrooms in the sun will do the same. Interestingly each variety of mushroom soaks up more or less….
It is conceivable that UV-B radiation post-harvest (for fresh mushrooms) or post-drying (for dried and powdered mushrooms) could become standard commercial practice. Sunlight, regular UV lamps, and pulsed UV lamps have the capability to raise the vitamin D2 concentrations to nutritional significance, although pulsed UV lamps may be the most cost-efficient method for commercial production of vitamin D-enhanced mushrooms, because of the low exposure time (often in 1–3 seconds) to achieve at least 10 μg/100 g FW. There is minimal discolouration in mushrooms after pulsed UV treatment, possibly due to the small exposure time of less than 4 seconds [42]; however, there are many reports of surface discolouration of mushrooms after longer exposures to UV radiation from UV fluorescent lamps [15,34,36,44]. Since consumers may be deterred by mushrooms discolouration, pulsed UV treatment is likely to be preferred by commercial growers.
Vitamin D-enhanced mushrooms contain high concentrations of vitamin D2, which is bioavailable and relatively stable during storage and cooking. Therefore, consumption of vitamin D-enhanced mushrooms could substantially contribute to alleviating the global public health issue of vitamin D deficiency.”
Re: Ray Peat Email Advice: Mushrooms
Ray Peat said:
“Since reading about the chemicals in mushrooms I stopped eating them, but using them occasionally is o.k., probably better than many vegetables.” -Ray Peat
I personally like Shiitake and Maitake for cooking. We have a local high quality organic supplier of these two. When I make my beef stew, I add these in along with onions. Yummy…
I do not eat button mushrooms also called cremini nor the oversized version called Portobello. Nor do I like trumpet mushroom. These feel like a healthy addition to my diet. I eat them maybe every few months or so…
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