PRIMARY MICRO NUTRIENTS	Phosphorus, Potassium, Selenium, Manganese, Copper, Zinc and Vitamins B2, B3, B5, B6
SECONDARY MICRO NUTRIENTS	Iron, Magnesium and Folate
NUTRITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS and NOTES	Stimulates natural killer cell activity to combat Cancer, fatigue syndrome, and common infections such as colds Prevents high blood pressure and heart disease, controls cholesterol, builds resistance to viruses and fights cancer and other diseases
FUNCTIONAL BENEFITS	Lentinan sugars Structurally analagous to helix of DNA causing it to be healing, especially for hepatitis and HIV / AIDS Immune boosting and assists to fight infection and disease
PHYTONUTRIENTS	Cholesterol lowering due to eritadenine compound Polysaccharide lentinan has anti-cancer effects but it is poorly absorbed from food for anti-cancer uses
DANGERS	Contains chemical that causes bladder cancer and should be avoided if have this condition Chemical treatment whilst growing – buy organic Moderate oxalates (calcium absorption and kidney stones) Significant source of purines (broken down to form uric acid that can lead to excess uric acid and kidney problems) Excess can cause diarrhea, bloating Allergy food – may cause skin rashes

		RDA	Mushroom Shiitake
Nutrient	Unit		per 100g
	g	3700	89.74	2.4%
Energy	kcal	2600	34	1.3%
Protein	g	90	2.24	2.5%
Total lipid (fat)	g	87	0.49	0.6%
Carbohydrate, by difference	g	224	6.79	3.0%
Fiber, total dietary	g	38	2.5	6.6%
Sugars, total	g		2.38
Minerals
Calcium, Ca	mg	1000	2	0.2%
Iron, Fe	mg	8	0.41	5.1%
Magnesium, Mg	mg	420	20	4.8%
Phosphorus, P	mg	700	112	16.0%
Potassium, K	mg	470	304	64.7%
Sodium, Na	mg		9
Zinc, Zn	mg	11	1.03	9.4%
Copper, Cu	mg	0.9	0.142	15.8%
Manganese, Mn	mg	2.3	0.23	10.0%
Selenium, Se	µg	55	5.7	10.4%
Vitamins
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid	mg	90		0.0%
Thiamin	mg	1.2	0.015	1.3%
Riboflavin	mg	1.3	0.217	16.7%
Niacin	mg	16	3.877	24.2%
Pantothenic acid	mg	5	1.5	30.0%
Vitamin B-6	mg	1.7	0.293	17.2%
Folate, total	µg	400	13	3.3%
Choline, total	mg
Betaine	mg
Vitamin B-12	µg	2.4		0.0%
Vitamin A, IU	IU	5000		0.0%
Vitamin E, total	mg	15	0	0.0%
Vitamin D	IU	600	18	3.0%
Vitamin K (phylloquinone)	µg	120		0.0%

RDA – Recommended Dietary Amount recommendations are based upon calculations for a 40 year old very active man that I have adapted from USDA’s Dietary Intake Guidelines. Using this link you can make your own calculations

Adapted from:

Balch, P.A. (2002). Prescription for herbal healing. New York, NY: Avery books

Murray, M. (2005). Encyclopedia of Healing Food. New York, N.Y.: Atria Books

USDA food database: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/

Other information sources:

World’s Healthiest Foods – an excellent online food and nutrition encyclopedia

Self Nutrition Data: an online nutrient breakdown of foods