Health Tip: Get Enough Vitamin D

(HealthDay News) -- Vitamin D is essential in helping the body absorb calcium. It also helps keep a healthy balance of phosphorous and calcium in the blood.

Here are foods that are good sources of vitamin D, courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine:

• Dairy products, including cheese, butter, cream and fortified milk.

• Fish.

• Oysters.

• Fortified cereals.

• Margarine.