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How to Eat More Foods with Vitamin D. Dubbed the “sunshine vitamin” because sun-exposed
skin produces it, vitamin D promotes strong bones and teeth and combats osteoporosis.
Get your daily dose with these foods. You will need Vitamin D-fortified milk or soy
milk Salmon Tuna Sardines Cod liver oil Beef liver Cheese Eggs and vitamin d-fortified
breakfast cereal, orange juice, yogurt, and margarine. Never change your diet without
first consulting your physician. Step 1. Drink vitamin D-fortified milk or soy milk for vegetarians.
One cup of it contains 100 international units -- IUs -- of D, or about 25 percent of the
recommended daily value. It's recommended that breastfed infants receive supplements
of 400 IUs of vitamin D per day. Step 2. Eat oily fish, such as salmon, tuna, and sardines,
which are naturally high in vitamin D. They also contain beneficial omega-3 fatty acids.
Step 3. Take fish liver oil, such as cod liver oil, for a daily dose of D. One tablespoon
will give you 340 percent of your daily recommended amount. Step 4. Add foods such as beef liver,
cheese, and egg yolks into your diet, which contain small amounts of D. Step 5. Look for
D-fortified foods, which include ready-to-eat breakfast cereals, some orange juice, yogurt,
and margarine. Did you know The milk-fortification program began in the United States in the
1930s to combat rickets, then a major health problem.