Can eating too many Oranges make you go Orange?

[Shazza36]

Is it true that if you eat too many oranges you can turn Orange and if so how many would you need to eat to do this? We're having this discussion at work as our pregnant collegaue is carving and eating loads of oranges- 10 yesterday- and we are worried that she will ahve an ornage baby

[annie0000]

I'm not sure about oranges, but it does with carrots - it is something to do with the beta carotine if I remember rightly from school - it was when there was a diet craze and there were quite a few people went a bit orange - I don't think that it was as much as looking like they had been Tango'ed, more on the hands and joints. Still, an orange baby would be quite cool - I would encourage her to eat oranges as an experiment - she could maybe also include carrots just to make sure.

[annie0000]

However, after eating all those Oranges, she is bound to get a dose of the runs!

[B00]

If the baby's also hairy, it'd look like an orangutan! I'm with annie, that's be awesome, encourage her to quaff as many oranges and carrots as you can.

[4GS]

If she has a craving for oranges it is her bodies way of telling her she has a vitamin C deficiancy (sp)?

[Priesty]

A friend from school years ago used to drink an amazing amount of kia-ora, and his hands and feet turned orange. He was strangely proud of this.

[annie0000]

My son eats loads of fruit and veg, but he also very keen on oranges. He has a 4 a day limit, or he gets an upset tummy - too much acid I think. He does have olive'y skin, but I have never noticed him going orange - but then again, he doesn't like carrots. I think we need to shift your colleague on to carrots to ensure that the experiment has every chance of producing an orange baby.

[Wellard]

This affected a few youngsters recently overdoing the SUNNY D

[babybombo]

Wow, that experiment sounds fun, lol at BOO !

My english tutor eats a phenomenal amount of bananas!
My sister's, best friend's little brother (what a mouthful!) had to have his stomach pumped when he was a teenager because he ate so many bananas, all that potassium wasn't good!

[Sado]

So that's what happened to Dale Winton!!

[sparkler]

I think Dale Winton ate far too many Umpah Lumpah's lol

[Shazza36]

We had a lot of laughs over the given answers this afternoon, we're trying to persuade her to keep going with the oranges-we also solved her name problem she can call him Clyde if he comes out orange and hairy.

[B00]

Excellent!

Please keep us updated. You do realise we are gonna be very dischuffed bunnies if said baby comes out pink dont you?

[jno]

I luuuurve oranges but annie is right: overdo it and you get diarrhoea

[jno]

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[ann_h]

Also she should stop the oranges after baby's born if she is breastfeeding, as the baby can get bad colic. Was horrible for me as I love OJ!