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5 VEGETABLES THAT CAUSE WEIRD PHYSICAL REACTIONS

5 VEGETABLES THAT CAUSE WEIRD PHYSICAL REACTIONS G GOURMANDIA 1 2 3 4 5 Beets Asparagus Buttersquash Carrots Tomatoes Most of us have heard that if This one is perhaps the weirdest veget able of all. It changes the smell of your pee. Yes, really. A mere 15 minut es after eating asparagus, your pee may smell uniquely pungent. The reason it smells weird is thanks to an equally odd-sounding compound: met hanet hiol. While our body is working to pracess asparagus, it releases stinky, sulfurous amino acids. And when you pee, these airborne chemicals So far, our veggies have had interesting pigment at ion effects. And tomat oes, it turns out, can also turn skin a lovely shade of orange, due to a pigment called ly copene. However, you'd haNe to be really knocking them back for this to happen: we're talking four pints of tomat o juice every day for a very long time. If you happen to cut raw butternut squash, you could end up with Cucubita moschata dermatitis. Cucubita moschata is the scientific name for you eat enough carrats your skin can turn orange. Well the stories are true. Carrots (and lats of ot her veget ables) cont ain carotenoids. These form an important part of anyone's diet because they help prevent our skin from burning in the sun and contribute towards our nat ural skin tone. Beetroots are perhaps not the most popular of vegetables, but if you eat a lot of them you'll get an unexpect ed surprise: your urine may turn red. This condit ion called beet uria, is caused by a pigment called bet alain. Too much bet alain in your system and it's gat to go somewhere, so your body gets rid of it in your pee. But this doesn't happen to everyone. Only 10 to 14 percent of us get beet uria when we eat beetroat. So, no need to panic if you have bright red pee after scoffing beetroot. Of course, if you haven't been eat ing red-colored veg and your urine is taking on vibrant hues, then pop along to your doc for a check-up. butternut squash. So what is Cucubit a moschata dermatit is? Well in some people, cutting up butternut squash can cause an uncomfortable side effect where the skin on the hands becomes dry, tight and rough. Later, it will crack and peel off. When consuming very large quant it ies of tomat oes, you could also end up overdosing on Vitamin C. Our bodies can only process a maximum of 2000 mg per day (the recommended amount for Sa it's a good thing. alt hough taken in excess, it can turn breeze up into your nose. Of course, some of you may be wandering why you've never noticed the The sap is to blame, since in some people it acts as a skin irritant, causing the dermat it is. Acorn squash spurge and daisies also contain similar chemicals that damage the skin. So pop some gloves on when cutting up these tasty veggies, and if you do end up affected, apply cortisone your skin the orangey color of a fake tan gone wrang. This condit ion is known as asparagus-smelly -pee-phenom enon. This is where it gets really weird. It's not because your body isn't breaking down met hanet hiol it's actually due to the fact that you don't have the proper genes to det ect the smell. Only 25 to 50 percent of the populat ion has the ability to smell asparagus-perfumed pee. How special. carotenemia, and it occurs most frequently in young children (who eat lots of mashed up orange veggies) and people who eat excessive amounts of carrots, oranges and squashes. opt imum health is 80 mg). So if you binge on tomat ges, along with lots of other Vitamin C-rich foods such as oranges and peppers, you may end up feeling a little nauseous. It really would be too much of a good thing! cream. Wow! who knew that eating healthily could be so dangerous? source : http://ww.environmentalgraffiti.com/science/news-5-vegetables-cause-weird-physical-reactions brought to you by: www.gourmandia.com 5 VEGETABLES THAT CAUSE WEIRD PHYSICAL REACTIONS G GOURMANDIA 1 2 3 4 5 Beets Asparagus Buttersquash Carrots Tomatoes Most of us have heard that if This one is perhaps the weirdest veget able of all. It changes the smell of your pee. Yes, really. A mere 15 minut es after eating asparagus, your pee may smell uniquely pungent. The reason it smells weird is thanks to an equally odd-sounding compound: met hanet hiol. While our body is working to pracess asparagus, it releases stinky, sulfurous amino acids. And when you pee, these airborne chemicals So far, our veggies have had interesting pigment at ion effects. And tomat oes, it turns out, can also turn skin a lovely shade of orange, due to a pigment called ly copene. However, you'd haNe to be really knocking them back for this to happen: we're talking four pints of tomat o juice every day for a very long time. If you happen to cut raw butternut squash, you could end up with Cucubita moschata dermatitis. Cucubita moschata is the scientific name for you eat enough carrats your skin can turn orange. Well the stories are true. Carrots (and lats of ot her veget ables) cont ain carotenoids. These form an important part of anyone's diet because they help prevent our skin from burning in the sun and contribute towards our nat ural skin tone. Beetroots are perhaps not the most popular of vegetables, but if you eat a lot of them you'll get an unexpect ed surprise: your urine may turn red. This condit ion called beet uria, is caused by a pigment called bet alain. Too much bet alain in your system and it's gat to go somewhere, so your body gets rid of it in your pee. But this doesn't happen to everyone. Only 10 to 14 percent of us get beet uria when we eat beetroat. So, no need to panic if you have bright red pee after scoffing beetroot. Of course, if you haven't been eat ing red-colored veg and your urine is taking on vibrant hues, then pop along to your doc for a check-up. butternut squash. So what is Cucubit a moschata dermatit is? Well in some people, cutting up butternut squash can cause an uncomfortable side effect where the skin on the hands becomes dry, tight and rough. Later, it will crack and peel off. When consuming very large quant it ies of tomat oes, you could also end up overdosing on Vitamin C. Our bodies can only process a maximum of 2000 mg per day (the recommended amount for Sa it's a good thing. alt hough taken in excess, it can turn breeze up into your nose. Of course, some of you may be wandering why you've never noticed the The sap is to blame, since in some people it acts as a skin irritant, causing the dermat it is. Acorn squash spurge and daisies also contain similar chemicals that damage the skin. So pop some gloves on when cutting up these tasty veggies, and if you do end up affected, apply cortisone your skin the orangey color of a fake tan gone wrang. This condit ion is known as asparagus-smelly -pee-phenom enon. This is where it gets really weird. It's not because your body isn't breaking down met hanet hiol it's actually due to the fact that you don't have the proper genes to det ect the smell. Only 25 to 50 percent of the populat ion has the ability to smell asparagus-perfumed pee. How special. carotenemia, and it occurs most frequently in young children (who eat lots of mashed up orange veggies) and people who eat excessive amounts of carrots, oranges and squashes. opt imum health is 80 mg). So if you binge on tomat ges, along with lots of other Vitamin C-rich foods such as oranges and peppers, you may end up feeling a little nauseous. It really would be too much of a good thing! cream. Wow! who knew that eating healthily could be so dangerous? source : http://ww.environmentalgraffiti.com/science/news-5-vegetables-cause-weird-physical-reactions brought to you by: www.gourmandia.com

5 VEGETABLES THAT CAUSE WEIRD PHYSICAL REACTIONS

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