Enriched With Vitamin D
Vitamin D is an integral nutrient for many aspects of health, including heart function, bone strength, and immune system function. Our bodies produce vitamin D when the skin is exposed to sunlight.
But, many people don’t get enough of the sunshine vitamin due to their skin color, lifestyle, or simply because they might live in an area where sunlight is limited.
So, Vitamin D deficiency is the most common deficiency among adults in the US. This deficiency is commonly linked to an increased risk of cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis, high blood pressure, muscle weakness, and autoimmune diseases.
Research has looked at the effect of vitamin D supplementation on bone mineral density in 305 postmenopausal women. For one year, they took a vitamin D supplement of 1,000 IU per day.
The study showed an improvement in bone mineral density among women with insufficient vitamin D blood levels compared with women who got the right amount of vitamin D. These results show us that maintaining adequate vitamin D levels is vital.
However, ingesting more than the body needs may have dire consequences. There are very few foods that naturally contain vitamin D, though, so lots of commercial products, almond milk included, are fortified with it.
On average, 3.5oz of fortified almond milk can provide 5% of the daily value of vitamin D. Not all varieties of almond milk will have vitamin D, however, including almond milk that’s homemade.
4 thoughts on “Almond Milk: 7 Benefits and 5 Side Effects”
Been using almond milk for several years. Really love it in my morning coffee.
I like almond milk in my coffee, but I cannot do unsweetened. I switched from coffee, mate to silk, almond milk, crème brûlée or vanilla. This is great and much better and lower in calories than what I was previously using. But unsweetened I tried, and cannot do in my coffee.
My son was put on a Low Carb diet to help with seizure control by his neurologist he recommended Unsweetened almond milk because it was low in carbs. Just so happened that I had been having digestion problems, my gastroenterologist told me that as we age we loose the ability to breakdown milk proteins so he suggested that I try Soy milk. I tried for a year but the matter only got worse! So I switched to Almond milk along with my son, and have had no problems.
Dairy is a mucus producing item. If one had sinus problems, almond milk WILL be your friend.