A headline in the papers caught Stalker’s eye this month - “Dublin’s poor don’t get enough of sunshine vitamin D”.
A study by experts at Trinity College and St James’s Hospital revealed that in parts of Dublin 8, such as The Liberties, Kilmainham, Dolphin's Barn, Inchicore and Rialto and parts of Lucan, people had a deficiency in vitamin D that was twice as bad as the city as a whole. As we know Vitamin D is essential for healthy bones and helping to tackle rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, heart disease, type two diabetes, cancer and inflammatory conditions.
With vitamin D enhanced mushrooms now on the market there is no better time to promote mushrooms for vitamin D deficiency, than during the cold gloomy and dark winter months.
