What is Vitamin D Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin that is stored in the bodys fatty tissue It is found in both food and its made by your skin when you are out in the sun What Foods Contain ID: 696753
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Vitamin D…Let the Sunshine InSlide2What is Vitamin D?
Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin that is stored in the body’s fatty tissue. It is found in both food and it’s made by your skin when you are out in the sun
!Slide3What Foods Contain
Vitamin D?Salmon
Cod Liver Oil
Mackerel
Canned Tuna
Canned Sardines
Beef Liver
OystersEggSwiss CheeseMilkNumerous Fortified ProductsSlide4Recommended Intake
Vitamin D Intake
Age
Men
Women
Birth to 50
years
5
Micrograms
5
Micrograms
51 to 70 years10 Micrograms10 Micrograms71 and older15 Micrograms15 Micrograms
Source: The United States Food and Nutrition BoardSlide5What
Does Vitamin D Do?Calcium AbsorptionStrengthen BonesPrevent Ricketts, Osteoporosis, and
OsteomalaciaSlide6What
Does Vitamin D do?Assist Nerve FunctionDecrease Inflammation and prevent free radical damageBoost Immune
System
May Prevent Certain
C
ancersSlide7Vitamin D deficiency can occur
In cold climates
Avoiding sun
Staying indoors
Avoiding foods high in Vitamin DSlide8
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Beth KalickiDivision of EducationPennington Biomedical Research Center