Food Focus: Mushrooms

ByRuthie Guten

Food Focus: Mushrooms

(This article appeared in the April, 2011 issue of A Healthy You.)

Mushrooms are low in saturated fat and sodium and are very low in cholesterol.

They are also a good source of dietary fiber, protein, vitamin C, folate, iron, zinc and manganese and a very good source of vitamin D, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, pantothenic acid, phosphorus, potassium, copper and selenium.

Read more about the nutritional values of mushrooms at: NutritionData.self.com.

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