Hypercarotenaemia in a tomato soup faddist.

Abstract

A 24 year old woman presented with orange-yellow discoloration of her skin, most noticeable on her paLms and soles. Dietary assessment showed that her total daily intake of carotene was 9200 Rg, over half of which came from

Carotenemia: A Case Report

“…Carotene serves as the primary precursor of vitamin A in human. However, hypervitaminosis A does not occur with excess carotene ingestion as the body converts a limited quantity of carotene to vitamin A daily [5]. Carotenemia is common in infants and young children who have diets rich in green and orange vegetable purees [6].…”

Use of Lycopene as a food colour - Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Food additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food

“…Other studies also reported incidences of orange-yellow skin discolourisation in individuals consuming diets rich in tomatoes or tomato products (Bonnetblanc et al, 1987;Gandhi et al, 1988).…”

Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Dietetic products, nutrition and allergies [NDA] related to an application on the use of a-tocopherol-containing oil suspension of lycopene from Blakeslea trispora as a novel food ingredient

“…Other studies also reported incidences of orange-yellow skin discoloration in individuals consuming diets rich in tomatoes or tomato products (Bonnetblanc et al, 1987;Gandhi et al, 1988).…”