Some people claim that they turn yellowish or orange when they eat too much carrot, is that true? Yes.
Carrots, is one of the many cases where it is true; you will turn a bit orange. Carrots are orange because they have lots of a colored biochemical (a "pigment") called, cleverly enough, carotene. Pure carotene has a deep orange color. It dissolves in oil but not in water, and it is stored in body fat. Carotene also absorbs ultraviolet (UV) light from the sun that can damage body tissues such as skin. The skin of people who intentionally consume pure carotene does change color, but just a little. They don't look like walking carrots, but rather the overall change in the color of their skin is measured by a device that measures the amount of each color of the rainbow that the skin reflects.
Carrots, is one of the many cases where it is true; you will turn a bit orange. Carrots are orange because they have lots of a colored biochemical (a "pigment") called, cleverly enough, carotene. Pure carotene has a deep orange color. It dissolves in oil but not in water, and it is stored in body fat. Carotene also absorbs ultraviolet (UV) light from the sun that can damage body tissues such as skin. The skin of people who intentionally consume pure carotene does change color, but just a little. They don't look like walking carrots, but rather the overall change in the color of their skin is measured by a device that measures the amount of each color of the rainbow that the skin reflects.
I'm pretty sure that carrots, like many vegetables, contains beta-carotene. Beta-carotene is converted to Vitamin A in the body depending on how much is needed so you can't overdose on it. But yes too much can turn your skin yellow/orange.
Many of the red, orange, and yellow pigments in colorful foods act in similar ways to carotene. Another example is the red color in ketchup, called lycopene. Some deeply green foods, like spinach and broccoli, have several colors including carotene. People who consume colorful foods, which are rich in these compounds, tend to have skin that is slightly less sensitive to the sun, though no one should stay in the sun too long just because they ate a big bag of fries with ketchup.
