subject: Is Sunshine equals Vitamin D? Is Sunshine good for your Health? [print this page] Is Sunshine equals Vitamin D? Is Sunshine good for your Health?
Men, woman and children who cover themselves out of religious or life farther north do not reach a healthy level of Vitamin D intake.
Researchers from the Medical College of Georgia and Boston University, found low vitamin D status is prevalent among adolescents living in a year-round sunny climate. They also found low levels of vitamin D levels in kids was linked to increased fat, decreased physical activity and lower fitness levels.
Vitamin D may help reduce the incidence and severity of viral respiratory tract infections including influenza, according to a new study conducted by investigators at Greenwich Hospital and Yale University School of Medicine.
The U.S. Institute of Medicine is involved in a study that will likely result in an increase in the recommended daily intake of vitamin D. Research shows vitamin D affects nearly every area of the body and low levels of vitamin D can have serious consequences. What doctors are now discovering is that many people don't have enough vitamin D.
Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions with type 2 caused almost exclusively by sedentary lifestyles and being overweight. And now research shows we can add another preventable cause of diabetes to the list -- a lack of vitamin D, the so-called "sunshine vitamin".
Top natural sources for Vitamin D are:
* Fatty fish species, such as:
o Catfish, 85 g (3 oz) provides 425 IU (5 IU/g)
o Salmon, cooked, 100 g (3.5 oz) provides 360 IU (3.6 IU/g)
o Mackerel, cooked, 100 g (3.5 oz), 345 IU (3.45 IU/g)
o Sardines, canned in oil, drained, 50 g (1.75 oz), 250 IU (5 IU/g)
o Tuna, canned in oil, 100 g (3.5 oz), 235 IU (2.35 IU/g)
o Eel, cooked, 100 g (3.5 oz), 200 IU (2.00 IU/g)
* A whole egg, provides 20 IU (0.33 IU/g if egg weighs 60 g)
* Beef liver, cooked, 100 g (3.5 oz), provides 15 IU (0.15 IU/g)
* Fish liver oils, such as cod liver oil, 1 Tbs. (15 ml) provides 1360 IU (90.6 IU/ml)
Modern cod liver oil is not a good supplement because it has less Vitamin D than it used to, and is high in Vitamin A as retinoic acid which prevents Vitamin D from being utilized.[citation needed]
* Mushrooms are the only vegan source of vitamin D (after UV light or sunlight exposure).
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