With most people unable to get enough vitamin D from sunlight or foods, scientists are suggesting that a new vitamin D-fortified food -- bread made with high-vitamin D yeast -- could fill that gap. Their study appears in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. The researchers suggest that up to 7 in 10 people in the United States may not get enough vitamin D, which enables the body to absorb calcium. Far from just contributing to healthy bones, however, vitamin D seems to have body-wide beneficial effects. Vitamin D insufficiency has been linked to an increased risk of heart disease, cancer, allergy in children, and other conditions. They provided rats bread baked with a high vitamin D2 yeast and had an effect that seemed just as beneficial as vitamin D3.
Bonnie - how man ways is this wrong?
- Using vitamin D2. The usable form is D3
- Most bread consists of empty carbs and contributes to weight gain, thus negating the benefits of whatever small percentage of vitamin D2 would get absorbed.
- With the number of gluten intolerant persons rising rapidly, there are better ways to fortify with vitamin D.
- Public health experts already had a wonderful solution for vitamin D deficiency before milk took over as the main vitamin D foodstuff...it was called Cod Liver Oil.
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