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I Get My Vitamin D From Food...

author avatar Dr. Eric Berg 11/09/2021

Find out why you can’t get enough vitamin D from your food.

Timestamps

0:00 Introduction: You can get enough vitamin D from food myth

0:17 Why most people can’t get enough vitamin D from sunlight

1:13 Key takeaways

In this video, we’re going to talk about why you can’t get vitamin D from food.

It is virtually impossible to get enough vitamin D from the foods you eat. You would have to consume fatty fish every single day to maintain normal levels of vitamin D.

Vitamin D is called the sunshine vitamin because your body produces vitamin D when you’re exposed to direct sunlight. However, it can be difficult to get enough vitamin D from sunlight unless the conditions are just right.

In the right conditions, you can get 1,000IU of vitamin D from sunlight for every 10 minutes of sun exposure.

But this is only if…

• You live close to the equator

• You’re young

• You’re not overweight

• It’s summer

• It’s midday

• You’re laying down

• You aren’t using sunscreen

• You have a healthy liver

• There are no clouds or pollution blocking sunlight

• You have no genetic defects

• You have no gastrointestinal damage

• You have a gallbladder

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