{"id":564696,"date":"2026-03-27T16:35:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T16:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/564696\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T16:35:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T16:35:18","slug":"the-vital-nutrient-nearly-a-third-of-us-arent-getting-enough-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/564696\/","title":{"rendered":"The vital nutrient nearly a third of us aren’t getting enough of"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some foods naturally come with vitamin D, such as: <\/p>\n

Other foods and drinks are fortified with vitamin D, meaning it gets added during the production process. These include: <\/p>\n

Infant formula <\/p>\n

Some breakfast cereals<\/p>\n

Plant-based milks <\/p>\n

Fruit juices<\/p>\n

But, unfortunately, it’s very difficult to get enough vitamin D from food and drink alone. <\/p>\n

This is why the NHS, external<\/a> recommends everyone over the age of five considers taking a daily supplement during winter months (it advises children under five and people at risk of deficiency should take supplements year-round). <\/p>\n

But some experts have concerns about regularly taking vitamin D supplements \u2013 especially if people take excessive amounts. The NHS advises that taking more than 100mcg of vitamin D a day could be harmful, external<\/a>. <\/p>\n

One worry is that because vitamin D is fat-soluble, it can build up in the body. This could lead to vitamin D toxicity, and in turn damage the heart, kidneys and bones.<\/p>\n

So if you decide to supplement, be sure to check the dosage, as many vitamin D supplements contain more than you need. <\/p>\n

Remember, it’s difficult to know how much vitamin D you are getting from other sources in addition to a supplement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some foods naturally come with vitamin D, such as: Other foods and drinks are fortified with vitamin D,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[49,48,84,395],"class_list":["post-564696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}