I have a friend who told me that she was on this kick when
all that she was eating was carrots . . . bags and bags of those little baby
carrots. She ate so many over a period
of a few weeks that she actually turned orange.
She must have looked like an Oompa Loompa with a glandular
problem . . . my friend is pretty tall.
Is it really possible that eating too many carrots can cause
your skin to turn orange-ish? Yeah,
actually it is.
It’s a condition called carotenosis . . . it is caused by
eating a lot of foods that contain carotene . . . a red or yellow hydrocarbon
pigment . . . egg yolks, sweet potatoes,
beets, a variety of leafy vegetables and, of course, carrots. Carotene builds
up in your bloodstream and most people turn a sickly yellow color resembling
jaundice. It’s rarely fatal . . . apparently you have to try really, really
hard to die of carotenosis.
The good news is you just have to stop eating carrots to
resume your normal hue.
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