11 Responses to “do eating nothing but carrots really turn u yellow?”

1. Judy B Says:
   October 16th, 2010 at 7:43 am

   Yes. And you don’t have to eat nothing but carrots, just eat a lot of carrots. The carotene pigments in them will cause the skin to become orangy yellow. There were some carotene pills on the market a few years ago to create a "sun free tan".

   A friend of mine had this happen when she was trying to lose weight. She ate four or five carrots every night when watching TV instead of snacking on junk food.

2. Wesley V Says:
   October 16th, 2010 at 7:43 am

   im not sure but i doubt it

3. Felicia S Says:
   October 16th, 2010 at 7:43 am

   well orange actually. there is carotene in the carrots which will bring out the orange tint in your skin. it can happen i have seen it. its not like painted on orange but there is an orange tent

4. sweet bella Says:
   October 16th, 2010 at 7:43 am

   You would have to eat a ton of carrots for that to happen

5. ?! Says:
   October 16th, 2010 at 7:43 am

   yes, it’s the carotene in it but you’d have to eat ALOT !

6. Camy Says:
   October 16th, 2010 at 7:43 am

   No, Scrubs is a comedy. it it intended for baby’s, but even then, i dont think so.

7. Hannah K Says:
   October 16th, 2010 at 7:43 am

   a slight orangey hew pehaps but i don’t think i’d recommend it for other health reasons lol!

8. Alison B Says:
   October 16th, 2010 at 7:43 am

   Oh yes! Because they contain Carotene.

9. clerk1967 Says:
   October 16th, 2010 at 7:43 am

   Not yellow but an Orange tint, I have seen it young children and babies, the betacarotene in the carrots has enough coloring it, if you eat it all the time.

10. John A Says:
    October 16th, 2010 at 7:43 am

    I have heard of this. It was due to the beta carotene in the carrot. Because it is fat soluble and a pigment it could build up in the skin and cause the skin to have a yellowish cast to it. But this is not dangerous. It just looks weird.
    I cannot find my reference to it. A book on consumer chemistry or on nutrition may settle your question.

    Although any diet that relies only on one food is by definition dangerous.

11. Shelly P Says:
    October 16th, 2010 at 7:43 am

    YEs.. if you eat ALOT of carrots, or juice alot.. Carrots contain a wonderful vitamin called beta carotine,, and it is what makes the carrots orange.. if you consume ENOUGH.. you get enough of that orange colored vitamin to give your skin an orange tint (like a bad fake tan)

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