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EPISODE · Mar 31, 2019 · 4 MIN

Can purple carrots turn your skin purple?

from Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists · host Dr Chris Smith

We received this question from Aidan, "Consuming orange carrots in high excess can turn your skin orange, because of the beta-carotene. What about purple carrots?" Jack Tavener and Katie Haylor have been crunching through some research to get to the root of this question.If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review. Plus, for more podcasts by The Naked Scientists head to nakedscientists.com/podcasts. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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