Is there vitamin D in skimmed milk?!
Is there vitamin D in skimmed milk?
it's known that vitamin D is fat-soluble.. so does it mean that you do not get any vitamin D from skimmed milk since it doesn't contain any fat?
Answers:
If you look on cartons or containers, you will notice that most of them have in small print, Vitamin D added, so yes it is in all milk. You will find skim milk is cheaper, has more calcium and less cholesterol than the other counterparts.
Depending on its milkfat content, fluid milk is labeled milk, lowfat milk, or skim milk (nonfat milk). Vitamin D may be added to any of these milks, and the milk is then so labeled. If added, the vitamin D content must be increased to at least 400 International Units (I.U.) per quart.
skimmed milk isn't 100% free of milk. nor are 'fat-free' foods really fat free. to be classified as fat-free, less than 1g of fat per serving must be present.-- there is still some small amount of fat in skimmed milk.
I do believe they add it to the milk. If it says on the container that it has Vitamin D, it does. Another source to get Vit. D is to (if you can) get out in the sunshine --your body makes it too-the sun helps it make it in your body.
Or, take a multi-vitamin every day.
Take care.
Calcium and vitamin D-rich foods include skimmed, semi-skimmed and whole milk, yogurt, hard cheese, cottage cheese and spinach.
hope this answers your question
Yes, if you read the label, you will see the amount of D in the skim milk. Some manufacturers of milk also add additional vitamin D.
Most, if not all daries in the United States, add vitamin D to their milk somewhere in the process of getting it from the cow to the bottle.
You can see this in the statement "Vitamin D Fortified". Fortified means vitamin D was added to the final product to assure the children of the country would get enough for strong bone development.
Most folks aren't aware of just how much we put into our foods soley to influence the way our children grow and develop physically. Perhaps we just like to keep a goodly stock of cannon fodder on hand for the 'next' war...?