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To: all the best; knighthawk; frank ballenger; Sacajaweau; BobL
People think that they are consuming more vitamin D than they actually are.

I was doing some research in late January about how much vitamin C to take daily [through food and supplements], and stumbled across vitamin D as something that impacts upper respiratory tract infections.

Followed that up, and realized that most people think that they are getting more D than they actually get.

I thought that the cheese I eat a lot of had plenty of vitamin D - but there's only a minimal amount in cheese.

You'd have to drink most of a half gallon of whole milk [48 ounces] every day to get even 600 IU (RDA is around 700-800 IU).

Another issue is that many people are on a low fat diet [why I pinged BobL], and vitamin D absorption increases with fat in your meal.

About the only concentrated source of vitamin D in foods is canned tuna fish, canned sardines, fresh salmon [not ALL fish are good for this - just fatty fish], egg yolks, and D-fortified foods like cereal and some orange juices.

49 posted on 05/09/2020 11:00:09 AM PDT by an amused spectator (Mitt Romney, Chuck Schumer's p*ssboy)
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To: an amused spectator
I eat Salmon and tuna....4 meals a week....two eggs every other day. Milk oatmeal. My BP is 65/115. I'm 76. 5'3" 115 lbs.

No soda No chips No processed food.

And I'm out and about. Have some good genes.

55 posted on 05/09/2020 11:32:25 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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