I heard that someone ate too many carrots and their skin turned orange-?!
I heard that someone ate too many carrots and their skin turned orange-?
Is this just an urban legend?
Answers:
No, it is not an urban legend. It's called carotenosis.
That actually happened to me when I was a small child, honest to God. When I was real little my mom always had a hard time getting me to eat, and carrots were one of the few foods I loved.
It's essentially carotene overload.
yes
nope it can happen
Yes it is
No, its completely true, its from all the extra beta-carotene. A lot of carrots would turn your skin a shade of orange
No it is the truth, you can seriously have this happen by consuming too many carrots
It is true. The beta-carotene in the carrots will cause skin to turn "carrot" color if too many are consumed.
Maybe the beta-carotene affected their skin.
It's not true! I eat carrots all the time.
think anbout it ...
carrots r good for u its a plant
it cannot turn ur skin orange
u have millions of cells that cannot be turned orange
Carrots are rich sources of beta-carotene. With extremely high intakes, beta-carotene can build up in the body, producing yellowing of the skin. Reducing intake of beta-carotene remedies this problem.
No it's true. Something to do with beta carotene I think.
Yes and no. Your skin will not turn completely orange. You will have an orange tint to it, kind of bronze tint. And it does not look bad like you would think. My babies always ate a lot of carrots and had a beautiful color to their skin. My grandmother also juices. She goes through about 50 pound of carrots in 2 weeks juicing them and has a nice color to her skin also.
An excessive amount of carotene (a pigment in carrots and other things) can turn skin orange, but eating carrots will not put nearly that much carotene in your system.
No, studies have proved that foods with a high amount of beta-carotene can turn skin color into a yellowish tint, not orange though.
i never heard of such a thing
this is actually possible due to the beta carotein in the carrots....but the fact of the matter is that the amount of carrots that someone would have to consume in order for this to happen is so insane that i highly doubt that anyone would be able to do it
yes, not bright orange but it does turn "orangy" A bunch of us at work did a diet and drank carrot juice and we all went around looking like we tried rubbing on that fake tan cream. It actually didnt look to bad!
most often caused by excessive consumption of carotene supplements, though very excessive consumption of carrots may also cause it
Actually, the betacarotene (Or however it's spelled) in carrots yellows the skin. Not quite like jaundice, so it usually does produce a more orange effect.
But, it takes a hell of a lot of carrots.
I heard about this from a colleague. Their baby only liked to eat carrot baby food and he started to get an orange tint to his skin.
My children ate alot of baby food with carrots and their skin was actually a very petty color from it.
No. Too much betacarotine will do this. My mother babysat for a family who were all vegetarians and the kids were basically "pasty white" but they did have a little shading of orange in certain light...like they were a bit jaundiced at 4 years old or however old they were. I was actually in Kindergarten at the time so I don't remember seeing these kids but I have no reason to believe my mother would lie. She was told to give them carrot juice rather than fruit punch or fruit juice because their mother was trying to feed them as natural as possible. I think they drank milk too but not that much.
Its true but it would take many many carrots over a long period
of time for the carotene or the orange colour to turn the skin colour
Yes, you can get an orange hue from all the beta kerotene in the carrots. Carrots help with eyesight so back during wars, they would have pilots eat plenty of carrots so they could get better sight. The pilots had orange-shaded skin. I think I saw this on Mythbusters or some other true show.
Vitamin A is fat-soluble (water-soluble vitamins are not stored- excess is excreted) and is stored in your body along with vitamins D, E and vitamin K. Your body can store up to two years worth in your liver. Levels above 100,000 IU of vitamin A are considered toxic (hypervitaminosis). Loss of hair can occur with megadoses of vitamin A. Excess carotene can cause your skin and the whites of your eyes to turn yellow. Generally, carotene will turn the skin yellow when the intake is above 20 mg per day (about 34,000 IU). The yellow skin tint is most noticeable on the hands and soles of your feet where there is little underlying tissue between the skin and bones. If the carotene supplement is discontinued, the skin will lose the yellow tint.
i heard that too
mabe but i have never heard of it before but it could happen..........yes definitely
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Yep, as was already said, the beta carotine from the carrot will turn you orange if you eat an excessive amount. It kind of looks like you used a cheap self-tanner! But it is more likely that your skin will turn orange if you drink too much carrot juice, it's easier to drink and there are tonnes of people that do this accidentally when they first get juicers.