Carrots from the Garden

Did you know  the  Ancients Greeks called carrot a “love charm”? They believed carrots had power to make men and women more amorous. Be careful eating too many carrots can cause a condition called  carotenodermia. Though  physically harmless  your skin can turn orange if you eat to many carrots. I’m not sure what it means too many carrots. I eat about 2 to 3 large carrots daily and I’m fine. No orange hair or anything like that. Skin discoloration will go away once you decrease the carrot consumption.

Carrots are very low in calories(they are about 87% water) and from all the vegetables, carrots contain the highest amounts of  beta carotene. They also get their orange color from red-orange pigment  beta carotene; just like pumpkins, mango, cantaloupe or sweet potatoes.