You’re Probably Getting Even Less Vitamin D Than You Might Think

This dismal picture doesn’t leave the average person with many options. Sure, you can spend more time outdoors and eat more UV-exposed mushrooms (about 7 cups per day), but taking a high-quality vitamin D supplement designed with potency and sufficiency in mind is really the only reliable way to achieve and maintain an ideal vitamin D level for life, says Ferira.* That means no underwhelming 400, 600, or 1,000 IU per day; you’ll need 5,000 to hit that 50 ng/ml threshold.

If you work a desk job, don’t happen to live near the equator, and aren’t interested in downing four tablespoons of cod liver oil per day, supplementing truly is your best bet.*

This article was originally published by mindbodygreen.com. Read the original article here.

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