Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site osiris.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!pyramid!pesnta!amd!vecpyr!lll-lcc!lll-crg!gymble!umcp-cs!aplcen!osiris!jcp From: jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: Vitamen A & beta carotene Message-ID: <645@osiris.UUCP> Date: Sun, 26-Jan-86 10:09:08 EST Article-I.D.: osiris.645 Posted: Sun Jan 26 10:09:08 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 30-Jan-86 01:43:20 EST References: <1380@mhuxt.UUCP> <7000057@uiucdcsb> Organization: Johns Hopkins Hospital Lines: 19 > > Yes, carrots will turn you yellow (from the keyboard of a true, > yellow, carrot lover) Fortunately, that yellow is **NOT** jaundice; the > difference can be seen in the LACK of yellow eyeballs. Also, there should > no other complications other than the interesting hue of (primarily) > palms and bottoms of feet. > Marsha When I was in high school and still in pursuit of the perfect suntan (I lived 1/2 from the beach) my girlfriends and I spent some time testing this theory by eating lots of carrots before sunning. Yes, you do turn orange ! Fortunately, it doesn't last long. -- jcpatilla California is paid a diplomatic visit by giant Betelgeusian reptiles that want our women but can't find any so scientists invent a weapon that fails so they kill us.