🥕 Can carrots really turn your skin orange? Yes — and it’s not a myth. It’s called carotenemia 🔬 When you consume too much beta-carotene (the pigment in carrots, pumpkins, and sweet potatoes), it can build up under your skin - especially on your palms, feet, or nose. It’s harmless, reversible, and surprisingly common in babies… and even adults on super veggie-heavy diets. ➤ Beta-carotene = antioxidant precursor to vitamin A ➤ Too much? Your body stores it in fat = visible orange glow 🧡 It’s f

Have you heard of the trend of eating carrots every day to get tan? While carrots can change the color of your skin, it is not exactly the look you may be going for. Carotenoderma is a benign skin condition that comes from eating lots of foods rich in beta carotene. This compound is abundant in yellow-orange fruits and vegetables, like carrots, pumpkin, papaya. It is also found in broccoli & spinach, though the yellow color is masked by the green from chlorophyll in these vegetables. Eating larg