Today I was asked re vitamin D sources particularly coming into the winter months. To recap

oily fish such as salmon, sardines, pilchards, trout, herring, kippers and eel contain reasonable amounts of vitamin D
egg yolk, meat, offal and milk contain small amounts but this varies during the seasons; margarine, some breakfast cereals and some yoghurts have added vitamin D

Vitamin D supplements & multivitamins are now widely available to buy from chemists/pharmacies, supermarkets& health food shops. Some people who are pregnant or breastfeeding & children aged six months to four years may qualify for Healthy Start vitamins which contain vitamin D.

A supplement only needs to contain 10 micrograms to meet the recommendation – those with a higher content of vitamin D are unnecessary and could be harmful in the long run.

All adults and children over the age of one should consider taking a daily supplement containing 10 micrograms of Vitamin D especially during autumn and winter.
Those in the at risk groups should consider taking a supplement containing 10 micrograms of Vitamin D all year round.

Vitamin D works with calcium and phosphorus for healthy bones, muscles and teeth. You make the most vitamin D under your skin when you are outside in the middle of the day in the summer months.

During the autumn and winter, we get vitamin D from our body’s stores and from food sources but these are insufficient to keep up vitamin D levels. The only way to ensure a healthy vitamin D status at this time of year is to take a supplement.

For more information on Vitamin D please see link https://www.lnds.nhs.uk/Library/dh_111302.pdf