2 out of 3 people think that they get enough vitamin D, but only 1 in 3 get even the absolute minimum

Vitamin D Council review

• Survey of 1,005 US adults

• 69% of survey takers believed they were obtaining adequate daily vitamin D

• NHANES data that showed that only 32% actually met the DRI for vitamin D (600 IU for adults).

3% say their food has all nutrients needed

23% not concerned about lack of nutrients in food

6% believe Orange Juice is LESS healthful if add vitamin D

Report is at http://www.foodinsight.org/Resources/Detail.aspx?topic=2013FunctionalFoodsConsumerSurveyMediaResources

and attached at the bottom of this page

See also VitaminDWiki

• Overview Deficiency of vitamin D which has many charts, such as

  • Only a tiny number of Americans eat even the "minimum wage" of vitamin D
  • orange line indicates the Institute of Medicine Nov 2010 minimum recommendations

  <5% of all females,

  <10% of males

  0% of females ages 14-31

  0% of seniors (over age 71)

Also notice the black lines: few Americans get even 400 IU of Vitamin D

Short url = http://is.gd/enoughd