Reply #15: my mother ate a gazillion carrots over the course of a

[Flaxbee]

few months, and she started to look seriously orange - the "finer" skin on her body - face skin, inner arms, throat etc. - were quite tinted. She almost matched our orange tabby.

Sounds like this woman either had a tanning problem or was ill, though. Not many people eat as many carrots as my mother did.