1. Health

Discuss in my forum

How Many Servings For a Day's Worth of Vitamin D?

By , About.com Guide

Updated May 05, 2012

About.com Health's Disease and Condition content is reviewed by our Medical Review Board

Milk
Milk EasyBuy4u/iStockphoto
One eight-ounce glass of milk has been fortified with 120 IU vitamin D. You'd need 3 1/3 servings of milk to get your day's worth of vitamin D. As long as that's lowfat (2%) milk, you'll also have 400 calories and 975 mg calcium.

Source:

USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference. "Milk, reduced fat, fluid, 2% milkfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D." http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search//.

©2012 About.com. All rights reserved.

A part of The New York Times Company.

We comply with the HONcode standard
for trustworthy health
information: verify here.