How To Eat More Vitamin D

As with any fat-soluble vitamin, Vitamin D is a vitamin that can be over ingested. Unlike a water-soluble vitamin, such as C, Vitamin D needs fat to break it down, and the body is composed mostly of water, so D tends to build up in the system and overdose can be a problem.  On the other hand, it is most often a Vitamin D deficiency that causes more serious problems over time. It is a Vitamin D deficiency that will concern us here and we will give you tips on how to incorporate Vitamin D into your diet to boost your health and well being.

Vitamin D can be added to the diet without a supplement through many foods, and from exposure to the sun. Some foods with high levels of naturally occurring Vitamin D include salmon, sardines, tuna, mackerel, and eggs. There are also many foods that are fortified with Vitamin D, including dairy products and even some wheat products, but the amount of Vitamin D in these foods is not as dense as it is in the foods that naturally contain this bone-strengthening vitamin. Not everyone likes many of the foods like sardines and the other fish that contain more of the vitamin, which would make eating more Vitamin D enough to bring it to levels that would be advantageous to one's health without adding supplements.

Recent studies suggest that eating more Vitamin D, whether from fortified sources or natural sources, is necessary for all of us these days, even for people living in sunny climates all year round. The use of sunscreens inhibits the body’s ability to successfully metabolize Vitamin D, and sun exposure without sunscreen is not recommended. As with any vitamin intake, height, weight, age, and sometimes even gender are important factors in determining how much an individual needs of any particular vitamin. There is almost no worry at all about overdosing on Vitamin D from foods, but if one is going to add a vitamin supplement along with eating more Vitamin D, then it is wise to check with a nutritionist who knows the correct and safe amounts for different people, especially since it is now much easier to determine Vitamin D deficiencies and what the level of Vitamin D is in the body than it once was.