Thursday, August 4, 2011

Vitamin D importance of Cow Milk

Vedas made Soorya Namaskar in front of rising sun an important daily ritual. The science behind this is about Vitamin D.
For a vegetarian the best source of Vitamin D is only cow milk . Please see the table below from Vitamin D council web site:-Salmon, chinook, baked/broiled World's Healthiest Foods ranked as quality sources of:
vitamin D 261.9 411.00 102.8 7.1 excellent
Shrimp, steamed/boiled 4 oz-wt 112.3 162.39 40.6 6.5 very good
Sardines 3.25 oz can 191.4 250.24 62.6 5.9 very good
Cow's milk, 2% 1 cup 121.2 97.60 24.4 3.6 very good
Shiitake Mushrooms, raw 1 cup 49.3 29.00 7.2 2.6 good
Cod, baked/broiled 4 oz-wt 119.1 63.50 15.9 2.4 good
Egg, whole, boiled 1 each 68.2 22.88 5.7 1.5 good

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