Vitamin A intake and hip fractures among postmenopausal women in the January 2, 2002 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association found that a long-term dietary intake of a diet high in retinol may promote osteoporotic hip fractures in women.1
Potatoes are so tied into human life and nutrition that one of the first toys to be advertised on TV and still popular after 50 years is "Mr. Potato Head." With its "eyes" and round body shape the potato has been used to imitate the human form. But all fun aside, the potato has improved human health and nutrition, influenced wars, patterns of human migration, and the economy of many nations for hundreds of years. |