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Kids need cow’s milk for Vitamin D

Canadian researchers say children who do not consume cow’s milk may not be getting enough Vitamin D.  The study, published in the online Canadian Medical Association Journal tracked the vitamin D blood levels in 2,831 children under age 6.

About 10 percent of the children drank only milk from sources other than cows.  Those children were found to be three-times as likely to have vitamin D levels below the generally accepted norm for children.

Among children who drank both milk from cows and from other sources, they found a five percent decrease in vitamin D levels for each cup of non-cow’s milk consumed in place of cow’s milk.