Vegan Vitamin D3 is now available, which is more
absorbable than Vitamin D2 in the blood (which is the form found in most non-dairy milks and fortified foods).
Not exact matches
Even better: Watercress has more calcium
than milk, more
Vitamin C
than an orange, and more
absorbable iron
than spinach.
(3) Red meat contains a form of
vitamin D called 25 - hydroxycholecalciferol, which is assimilated much easier
than other forms of
vitamin D. Interestingly, consumption of milk with the same levels of
vitamin D does not provide this same protection, indicating that the
vitamin D in meat is uniquely
absorbable and useful to the human body.
And when you take synthetic
vitamin C, you see it's just as (if not more)
absorbable than natural
vitamin C.
However, they are more highly
absorbable than synthetics, so high levels of
vitamins aren't necessary or beneficial.