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How to add more Vitamin E to your diet and boost your immune system<\/p>\n
Vitamin E is an essential nutrient that can boost your immune system and keep your skin healthy. Here’s how to incorporate more of it into your diet<\/p>\n
When most of us think about getting enough vitamins<\/a> and minerals, we usually think of the ones that get the most attention like vitamins A, C and D and minerals like magnesium<\/a>, calcium, iron and zinc. Sometimes these nutrients get so much recognition that many people also start supplementing them by taking pills, powders and\/or liquids.\u00a0<\/p>\n But one of the minerals we don’t hear about nearly as often is also one of the most important. Here’s why phosphorus<\/a> is so vital to overall health and how you can increase your intake of it naturally or, when recommended by your doctor, in supplemental form.<\/p>\n What is phosphorus?<\/p>\n Phosphorus\u00a0is an essential mineral, which means it’s critical for maintaining certain bodily functions but your body can’t produce it naturally. Despite not being produced in the body, “phosphorus is a mineral that is incredibly abundant in the body,” says Dr. Uma\u00a0Naidoo, director of nutritional and lifestyle psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Harvard-trained nutritional psychiatrist behind “Calm Your Mind with Food.” In fact,\u00a0research shows<\/a>\u00a0that phosphorus is the second most abundant mineral in the body after calcium.<\/p>\n The reason for this abundance is that the mineral is quite common in many of the foods we eat every day. “Phosphorus tends to be found in most protein-dense foods<\/a> like beef, poultry, pork, seafood, eggs, dairy, nuts, seeds and legumes,” says Naidoo. Other foods that contain phosphorus include whole grains, bran cereals, pizza, chocolate, bananas<\/a>, kiwis, prunes, potatoes, avocados and artichokes.\u00a0<\/p>\n Sometimes the mineral is also added to foods as an additive or preservative and will show up on the food’s Nutrition Facts Label<\/a> when that’s the case.\u00a0<\/p>\n In short, “we can meet our daily phosphorus needs of 700 milligrams from a variety of food sources,” says Leslie\u00a0Bonci, a registered sports dietitian and founder of\u00a0Active Eating Advice<\/a>. As examples, she notes that one cup of milk contains 226 milligrams of phosphorus, 16 ounces of yogurt has 245 milligrams, three ounces of salmon contain 214 milligrams, three ounces of chicken breast contain 182 milligrams and 1\/2 cup of lentils is loaded with 178 milligrams of the mineral.\u00a0<\/p>\n