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Vitamin D
Fat-soluble vitamin
Sources
Foods
Naturally found in very few foods
Added to many foods on the market
Supplements
Sunlight
Vitamin D
Calcium
Essential mineral
Daily Recommended Intakes
9-18 years = 1300 mg
19-50 years = 1000 mg
51 years and older =1200 mg
Calcium
Fortified sources
Cereals
Bread
Orange Juice
Dietary Supplements
Calcium
Carbonate or
citrate
Dose dependent
absorption
Two doses per day
Vitamin D
D2 or D3
D3 is best
http://www.fda.gov
Vitamin D Functions
intestine
Maintain blood levels of calcium and phosphate
for bone formation, mineralization, growth, and
repair
Improves muscle strength and immune function
Reduces inflammation
Vitamin D Deficiency
At risk populations
Breastfed infants
Older adults
People with limited sun exposure
Darker skin pigments
Certain religious groups
Vitamin D Related
Diseases
Rickets
Osteomalacia
Osteoporosis
Calcium Functions
Calcium Deficiency
At risk populations
Children and youth
Post-menopausal women
Elderly
People with poor diets, lacking in dairy foods
Roles in prevention of
Colon cancer
Breast cancer
How it prevents
Promotes cellular differentiation
Decreases cancer cell growth
Stimulates cell deaths
Vitamin D Cancer
Research
by 72%
Vitamin D Cancer
Research
True or False.
Vitamin D is not necessary
for Calcium to be absorbed
in the body.
True or False.
Vitamin D is not necessary
for Calcium to be absorbed
by the body.
Study in Iowa
34,000 women participated
Two groups
Intakes of 1280mg or more per day
Intakes of 800mg or less per day
supplements
Results
dairy
Results
postmenopausal.
Results
Reduced risk in increased intake of calcium
Only in premenopausal women