Vitamin D from mushrooms is not only vegan and vegetarian friendly, but you can prepare your own by exposing mushrooms to the summer sun.
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If you do not know where the mushroom products you are consuming are grown, think twice before eating them.
Mushrooms have many helpful nutrients, including beta glucans for immune enhancement, ergothioneines for antioxidative potentiation, nerve growth stimulators for helping brain function, and antimicrobial compounds for limiting viruses.
The real challenge for a vegan is getting vitamin B and omega-3s, but you can get those in a vegetarian supplement.
I'm not completely vegan - my diet's probably about 80 percent plant based, but I do eat some meat. I try to know where everything comes from, though. And all bets are off if my husband and I go to a really great restaurant.
I'm pretty much a vegetarian.
From dead plant matter to nematodes to bacteria, never underestimate the cleverness of mushrooms to find new food!
The virus-to-cancer connection is where medicinal mushrooms offer unique opportunities for medical research.
I have been following a vegan diet now since the 1980s, and find it not only healthier, but also much more attractive than the chunks of meat that were on my plate as a child.
I'm not strictly vegetarian, but meat doesn't play a big part in my diet.
I love portobello mushrooms. I often say that if I were vegetarian, I would live off of these. Now, it would never happen, but it's still nice to know that they exist. So meaty, so flavorful.