Cool things mushrooms can do

1. They neutralize those nasty free radicals. The plain old white button mushroom contains more antioxidants than carrots, green bell peppers, and tomatoes!

2. The antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals in mushrooms aren't denatured or deactivated by cooking like they are in fruits and veggies. In fact, they become more concentrated because cooking removes water. Eating the same volume of cooked mushrooms over raw delivers 2-4 times the nutrients (dependent on the species).

3. Mushroom extracts have demonstrated anti-tumor activity in test tubes. Within humans it ups the immune system's activity.

4. Just like us, mushrooms produce vitamin D when placed in UV light. If the package doesn't already say vitamin D added you can just place the mushrooms on your windowsill for an hour before you cook them. Easy!

...interesting side note, kids with a vitamin D deficiency are more like to be obese.