I was thinking about my carrot consumption today.  I know, sounds weird, but I was.  I have been eating carrots since I have changed my eating habits and lost a bit of weight (30 lbs or so since November of last year).  I eat a small bag of carrots 5 days a week to "replace" potato chips in my lunch.  I was wondering if I could turn orange and found this:

http://www.dietitian.com/vitamina.html

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_275a.html

If you see me and I look a bit orange, you know why.

Yep,

The carrotaddiction is a famous one.
I got warned for it during pregnancy if I remember rightly.
It's also one of the more funny things you read in books about addiction.

To bad that it seems that too much vit A could weaken your bones. The tan is fun, but having brittle bones is not.

Oh, is it really an addiction? I think I will switch to celery next week.

My current interest in carrots sent me to this site, which has made me laugh hysterically at my desk for the last 15 minutes.  

http://orangeman.commo.de/index.html

I wanna be orange

I wanna be orange

See, the grass is always oranger...LOL!

orangeismyaura Wrote:

I wanna be orange

See, the grass is always oranger...LOL!

and gareth in 5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1

Yep,

There seem to have been cases of women eating kilo's per day.

And I found this:

Everything in moderation, they say, even carrots.

I am totally switching to celery next week.

Lets google on side effects for celery!!!!!
* evil grin *

Hm, it looks pretty good, as long as we are not talking about seeds or extracts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celery

Well the positive part is that it is so hard to digest that some claim you lose more calories by digesting than you gain by eating. Negative calories. Negative part, allergies are possible. If you allready have a pollen allergy chances are even bigger.
It says nowhere you'd turn lightgreen. But that would be a fun effect wouldn't it?

I'd say, do this in moderation too. Take a carrot once in a while. Use all kinds of colors in your palet of food. And you'll be OK.

* imagines a striped or checkered Korrigan, or wait, a flower pattern would be nice too. Could we opt for polkadot aswell? *

What's up doc?

Yikes, I can't stand celery when raw! Too bad, too.

Of course, if you ate nothing but celery, then you'd not be able to sustain yourself, considering lack of calories gained (not to mention lack of protein and stuff). But as long as you don't get addicted...

I quite potato chips and soda for about three years, then went back in moderation a couple years, and now I'm going back to quitting, allowing for a small bit every once in awhile (such as at social gatherings where that's what's being offered - I would drink a can of coca-cola a week, nowadays not soda for a few months).

One thing I have discovered recently is what a great effect that iron has with me. Of course that one is very important to keep in moderation.

Really it is just an at lunch thing.  I want something with crunch of some kind.  I can eat a bag of little carrots and it will help fill me up for very little calories, it has fiber, and vitamins.  Much better than the chips I was eating.  

I am guessing I am not eating enough to be harmful, but I think I will start varying my crunchy thing at lunch with celery every other week.