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charlotte A mancuso wrote: > Is he taking large quantities of vitamins containing vitamin A or > drinking lots of carrot juice? I believe too much and it will turn your > skin yellow/orange--one literally starts to look like a carrot. A friend > of mine did this many years ago. And I think vitamin A is stored in the > liver. > > My memory of this is a little sketchy. Katherine Holden: can you weigh > in on this in case my memory is failing me? It's possible, though fairly difficult, to eat enough carrots for the skin to turn yellow. Another possibility, though -- has he been tested for Gilbert's disease? The suddenness is what makes me think of it. Best, Kathrynne -- Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD "Ask the Parkinson Dietitian" http://www.parkinson.org/ "Eat well, stay well with Parkinson's disease" "Parkinson's disease: Guidelines for Medical Nutrition Therapy" http://www.nutritionucanlivewith.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn