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It helps with diabetes management and maintaining healthy insulin levels. |
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It’s great for healthy, elastic skin.
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It improves your lipid (blood fats) profile, particularly in the maintenance of healthy cholesterol levels or triglycerides, or both. |
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It’s very helpful for weight loss and maintaining a steady weight. |
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Fatty Fish: Fatty fish such as mackerel, trout, tuna, salmon, and eel are vitamin D rich foods that are also loaded with omega-3 fatty acids and offer bonus cardiovascular protection. |
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Canned Tuna: You don’t have to just rely on fresh fish to get your daily dose of vitamin D—you can boost your vitamin D intake with canned tuna as well. But beware—you don’t want the problem of mercury contamination! |
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Fortified Milk: Most milk produced in the United States is fortified with Vitamin D. But the levels are pitifully small: drinking one 8-ounce glass of milk a day, you can get 100 IUs of vitamin D. Some plant-based milk, like rice and soy milk, are also fortified with vitamin D. Be sure to check the label before purchasing. Some yogurts may be fortified with vitamin D, as well. |
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Fortified Cereals: Breakfast cereals are often boasted as “fortified” with nutrients. But generally, more nutrients are removed during processing than are added back. It’s little more than a marketing trick. The quantities are woefully small. |
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Eggs: Since eggs are an easy way to boost your levels of Vitamin D, ignore the fad that pronounces the yolks are unhealthy because of cholesterol content. Which part provides nutrients for the rapidly-growing chick in the egg? The yolk, of course. The yolk is where most of the vitamin D is found. Egg whites are just padding. Who wants to eat cushions? |
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