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- | Patients on the MP should verify that any dairy products they consume are free of supplemented vitamin D and contain no more than 6% of vitamin A. High vitamin A in dairy products tends to correspond to high vitamin D. The "6% vitamin A" guideline is only for foods that might also be fortified with vitamin D and not labeled as such. As a counter-example, | + | Patients on the MP should verify that any dairy products they consume are free of supplemented vitamin D. Some processed dairy products are made from vitamin D-fortified milk, a fact which the manufacturers are not required to disclose on the label. |
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- | Some processed dairy products are made from vitamin D-fortified milk, a fact which the manufacturers are not required to disclose on the label. | + | |
Dairy products containing fat can have a small amount of naturally-occurring vitamin D, which is stored in the fat. The amount of vitamin D in a product depends on the amount of fat in the product and how the animal from which the product was derived was raised. Most MP patients can eat foods with small amounts of animal fat without fear of a significant increase in 25-D. However, those MP patients trying to reduce 25-D to the therapeutic level should avoid all sources of vitamin D, including those that contain even small amounts of animal fat. | Dairy products containing fat can have a small amount of naturally-occurring vitamin D, which is stored in the fat. The amount of vitamin D in a product depends on the amount of fat in the product and how the animal from which the product was derived was raised. Most MP patients can eat foods with small amounts of animal fat without fear of a significant increase in 25-D. However, those MP patients trying to reduce 25-D to the therapeutic level should avoid all sources of vitamin D, including those that contain even small amounts of animal fat. |