date:Dec 18, 2012
n only get a fraction of their recommended daily amount of vitamin D through food and very little through sunlight.
Benefits of food fortification
Vitamin D is found naturally in oily fish. Foods that are fortified with small amounts of vitamin D include margarine, infant formula milk, some breakfast cereals.
The RCPCH cited studies that have shown a link between vitamin D deficiencies and strict vegetarian diets, lack of dietary fibre and prolonged breast feeding without vitamin D supplement