Foods High in Vitamin D – Can Anything Beat Cod Liver Oil?
Cod liver oil can provide in a single tablespoon all the vitamin D that most people need in a day. But there are not many other foods high in vitamin D that provide sufficient international units to prevent or treat osteoporosis. Vitamin D is essential for promoting the calcium absorption needed for bone growth and remodeling…and is one of the most important elements in an osteoporosis prevention program. The U.S. National Osteoporosis Foundation recommends that adults over fifty get 800-1,000 IUs of Vitamin D daily. For people living north of 42 degrees latitude (north of Boston, Rome and approximately Beijing) this amount of vitamin D is almost impossible to achieve from sunlight alone. Foods high in vitamin D can help to attain the recommended levels but other than fish…most of these foods are fortified products like milk, soy milk and cereal grains. The exception is cod liver oil which provides 1,360 IUs of vitamin D in one tablespoon. Following is a list of the vitamin D conte
