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Nutrition Resources

This guide has information resources useful for research on the nutritional aspects of food, food composition, dietary guidelines, dietetics, and food service.

Vitamin D is an essential vitamin that is needed to maintain health and strong bones.

  • Helps muscle function and allows communication through the brain and body
  • Very few foods have natural vitamin D
  • Beef liver, cheese and egg yolks give small but not adequate amounts
  • Mushrooms contain Vitamin D if grown under a UV light
  • Most vitamin D is gained from the sun, but this can also be harmful to your health if exposed too much
  • It is a fat soluble vitamin  
  • Promotes calcium absorption