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The top food sources for phosphorus are:
- Oat bran
- Halibut
- Wild salmon
- Soybeans
- Sunflower seeds
- Lentils
- Crab
- Cereal
The main food sources of phosphorus are meat, milk, and whole grains, nuts and seeds (though the phosphorus is in a bound form in these foods and is about 50 percent less bio-available than phosphorus from other meat and milk sources).

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