Well, there's good and bad news in the Vitamin D department. The bad news is that a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that taking a Vitamin D supplement isn't going to stop you from catching a cold, unlike it was previously thought.
However, the good news is that Vitamin D is still VERY important for your overall health so there's absolutely no reason to stop having it! You don't necessarily need a Vitamin D supplement to keep up your bone strength, but you DO need more sunlight and some of these Vitamin D-rich foods! Maybe it won't help cure the common cold, but it's still helping to keep your bones nice and strong, so indulge today!
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Salmon & Tuna
Salmon has the most Vitamin D of any other food, and wild salmon has more than the farmed kind. Tuna, even canned tuna (especially light tuna packed in water) has a ton of Vitamin D as well. So why not serve up some delicious salmon or tuna tacos for dinner tonight?
Soy Milk & Regular Milk
Both regular milk (especially when it’s fortified and whole milk) and soymilk (which can also be fortified with Vitamin D) have about 1/5 of the day’s worth of Vitamin D. Doesn’t that make you want to pour some into your morning cereal? I know I want to do that now!
Orange Juice
If you aren’t a big milk drinker in the morning but you DO like orange juice, then good news! Fortified OJ can be a great source of the bone strengthening-vitamin. You only need about half a cup of the orange drink to get 1/13th of your daily intake of Vitamin D.
Fortified Cereal
To go along with your fortified milk, why not have some fortified cereal? There are some cereal brands on the market (like corn flakes and raisin bran) that, when combined with the milk, actually provide a more balanced meal than a Vitamin D supplement.
Eggs
If milk and cereal aren’t your kind of breakfast treat, then why not settle for two large eggs? Eating this breakfast will provide 1/10th of your daily Vitamin D needs. And just like with salmon, free-range eggs have both more flavor AND more nutritional value.
Pork
Um, what better news for Latinos than the fact that just three ounces of pork can provide as much as 15 percent of our daily dose of Vitamin D? Be careful, though, since pork ribs have the most Vitamin D while a slice of ham will barely have any. It’s all about the cut and preparation!
Shiitake Mushrooms
Mushrooms are definitely typically a good source of Vitamin D, but I’ll let you in on a little secret: white mushrooms are NOT going to get the job done. If you really want the peak, then go for shiitake mushrooms, which have a 1/13th serving per day. YUM!
Shrimp & Oysters
Just as with salmon and tuna (and several other fishes), these other seafoods are a great source of Vitamin D. About four ounces of shrimp provide 40 percent of your daily Vitamin D needs while raw wild caught oysters can provide as much as 80 percent of your intake.
