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More than 90% of American adults aren’t getting the vitamin D they need. Vitamin D is known as the sunshine vitamin because your body makes it when your skin is exposed to the sun. You can also get vitamin D from supplements and some foods—many of which are fortified with it.
Yet a new ruling from the FDA may make it easier to get vitamin D from food. In January, the FDA gave manufacturers permission not only to increase the vitamin D in breakfast cereals but also add it to grain-based bars like breakfast, granola, and cereal bars. So does that mean eating these products can get you to your daily vitamin D goal? It’s possible.
Vitamin D is an essential nutrient your body needs to stay healthy. “Without enough, your body can’t function properly,” says Ashley Kitchens, M.P.H., R.D.N., plant-based dietitian and owner ofPlant Centered Nutrition. Vitamin D helps you absorb calcium, which is key for strong bones and teeth; helps regulate blood pressure and reduce the risk of certain types of cancer; aids with proper cell functioning; and plays a role in regulating cell growth and maintaining your immune system.
There are two primary kinds of vitamin D—vitamin D2 (or ergocalciferol) and vitamin D3 (or cholecalciferol). Both are beneficial in raising the vitamin D in your blood, though recent research is giving vitamin D3 a bit of an edge in its effectiveness at raising and maintaining blood levels of vitamin D.
The current Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) of vitamin D for people aged one through 70 is 600 International Units (IU). There are three ways you can get the vitamin D you need, starting first with sunshine.
“For most people, sunshine is the best way to get adequate amounts of vitamin D,” Kitchens says. Of course, sun
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