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Which Type Of Salmon Contains The Most Vitamin D? - Dr. Holick (VIDEO)

By Dr. Michael Holick Expert October 9, 2009 - 3:25pm
 
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Dr. Holick explains whether wild or farm-raised salmon contains more vitamin D.

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Dr. Holick:

We found that wild salmon get their vitamin D from the food chain, which is plentiful, whereas farm salmon are getting polluted food with very little vitamin D. So it wasn’t a surprise to us when we actually did an analysis of farmed compared to wild-caught salmon and farm salmon have about 10 to 25% of the vitamin D content compared to wild-caught salmon.

About Dr. Holick, Ph.D., M.D.:
Michael Holick, Ph.D., M.D., is the Professor of Medicine of Physiology and Biophysics at Boston University School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and performed his residency and fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Holick specializes in vitamin D, calcium, bone metabolism, photobiology of vitamin, and osteoporosis. Dr. Holick is also the recipient of the American Skin Associations Psoriasis Research Achievement Award, the American College of Nutrition Award, the Robert H. Herman Memorial Award in Clinical Nutrition from the American Society for Clinical Nutrition, and more.

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