WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Bread may be fortified with vitamin D to help deliver the vitamin to many who do not get enough of it through sunlight or food, U.S. researchers suggest.
Lead author Connie Weaver of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., says millions are unable to get enough vitamin D from food or sunlight, but a vitamin D-fortified food — bread made with high-vitamin D yeast — could fill that gap.
Vitamin D insufficiency has been linked to an increased risk of heart disease, cancer, allergy in children and other conditions, Weaver says.
A study by Weaver and colleagues confirmed the approach works in laboratory tests.
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