Texas Lou

Today’s lunch was a giant bag of carrots.

Why, you may ask, would a person eat a giant bag of carrots for lunch?  Well, for one thing, it’s healthy.  But really, I ate them because I desperately need to go to the store and this was one of the few acceptable lunch items I had in the house.

So as I was enjoying eating my giant bag of carrots for lunch, a thought struck me.  Could I turn orange from eating too many carrots?  I know I’ve heard this before but wasn’t sure if it is a fact or an old wive’s tale.  So  I decided to turn to my trusty old friend that knows the answer to every question, Google!

And of course, this questions is a commonly asked one (I’m not the only one)!  I found this article which confirmed that yes indeed, you can turn orange from eating too many carrots.  Just to make sure I wasn’t being fooled by the many false facts on the interwebz, I turned to Wikipedia to make sure the information I had found was correct.

Wikipedia also confirmed that there is a harmless condition called Carotenosis that includes the symptom of turning orange (see baby’s nose in screen shot above) and is the result of eating too many carrots (or any other naturally orange food like pumpkins).

So folks, consider that your interesting science lesson for the day and try not to eat too many carrots unless you are working on your Halloween costume!

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