Vitamin A & Hip Fractures

A study in Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA 2002;287:47-54) discusses the risk involved in high levels of Vitamin A.  The study showed that the women with the highest levels of Vitamin A consumption had doubled the risk of hip fractures compared with women who had the lowest intake.  Doctors such as Jeff Novick and Joel Fuhrman suggest avoiding any suppliments containing Vitamin A.  If you are taking a multi-vitamin you may want to rethink it, if it has vitamin A.