Monday, July 6, 2009

If Your Trying to Lose Weight Top up on Vitamin D

A study done in Minnesota in 38 overweight men and women put on a calorie restricted diet showed that for each 1ng/ml increase in vitamin D obese people lost 1/2 lb more weight. So if your trying to lose weight check your vitamin D levels, walk in the sunshine a little and eat oily fish, vitamin D enriched milk or orange juice.


Table 3: Selected Food Sources of Vitamin D [23-25]
FoodIUs per serving*Percent DV**
Cod liver oil, 1 tablespoon1,360340
Salmon, cooked, 3.5 ounces36090
Mackerel, cooked, 3.5 ounces34590
Tuna fish, canned in oil, 3 ounces20050
Sardines, canned in oil, drained, 1.75 ounces25070
Milk, nonfat, reduced fat, and whole, vitamin D-fortified, 1 cup9825
Margarine, fortified, 1 tablespoon6015
Ready-to-eat cereal, fortified with 10% of the DV for vitamin D, 0.75-1 cup (more heavily fortified cereals might provide more of the DV)4010
Egg, 1 whole (vitamin D is found in yolk)206
Liver, beef, cooked, 3.5 ounces154
Cheese, Swiss, 1 ounce124


20 comments:

  1. Great info..thanx for sharing...

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  2. Dear Erica and Vrinda: I have just finished the post I was busy with my little one he he rebecca

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  3. so great to meet you! i'll follow you too. have a great evening!

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  4. Nice info.. thanks for sharing rebecca!

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  5. interesting! I wonder if that why I lose more weight in the summer despite eating pretty much the same too? huh.

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  6. This is very good to know. Good thing I'm not picky in food, so I've got my pick to vitamin D ingredients.

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  7. Interesting info! Is Vitamin D one you can get too much of? (besides the sunlight of course!) ;-)

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  8. Didn't know that.... thanks for the information!


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  9. Wow, interesting. Well, I have my entire family on vitamin D so they should thank me!! :)

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  10. That is an excellent tip, thank you.

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  11. Rebecca: like wise!
    Sanghi: no problem
    LK: maybe but i beat your more active in the summer!
    Jenn: good not to be picky he he
    Deb: yep its a fat soluble vit so you wouldn't want to overdo supplements if your deficient just what MD recommends 10,000 iU I think, Gina do you know?
    Gina: like it
    Angie and Donna: thanks
    rebecca

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  12. Thanks Rebecca! Do you know if fish oil capsules have vitamin D in them?

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  13. Very good info, thank you!

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  14. Reeni: to answer your question I guess you would have to check ingredients, maybe some do but most will only contain omega 3 as it is extracted from fish to make supplement. hope that helps
    calm in the kitchen no problem

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  15. Thanks! I am taking one 1,000 iu D supplement a day along with turmeric to see if i can more naturally deal with my asthma and improve my breathing and keep reading it's a good combo.

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  16. Thanks! This should help to lose the poutine gut :)

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  17. Thanks for the info!! I'm trying to lose 8 dreaded pounds, so this is definitely up my ally :) I want to get back into my prepregnancy pants, LOL!!

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