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feeding orange food?

mtpgroovemtpgroove
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a lot of the baby food like carrots, squash, pumpkin, sweet potato's, etc. my son has been eating, can to much vitamin A and vitamin c be harmful?
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  • RaeAntRaeAnt member
    While a ton of their food is orange right now, it would take enormous amounts to do any harm. The main thing i've heard about is the skin taking on an orange hue, but again, that was after downing exorbitant amounts. The little, in comparison, that your child eats isn't enough to be harmful.
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  • catmtlcatmtl member
    There can always be too much of a good thing. Change it up a bit if you can.
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  • drbethcdrbethc member
    I was worried about the same thing, so I only feed the orange foods no more than 2x week.
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  • JennaNAaronJennaNAaron member
    I don't know how much he was eating, but I have a friend who's son did start to "turn orange."

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  • LadyTylerLadyTyler member

    imageRaeAnt:
    While a ton of their food is orange right now, it would take enormous amounts to do any harm. The main thing i've heard about is the skin taking on an orange hue, but again, that was after downing exorbitant amounts. The little, in comparison, that your child eats isn't enough to be harmful.

    This. Vitamin C in particular is just flushed out when your body doesn't need anymore. Unless your child is eating several full tubs of only orange foods each day, I can't imagine being worried about it. 

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  • kalettekalette member
    It's almost impossible to overdose on vitamin A in natural plant foods. If you were feeding him a lot of Liver or giving him a vitamin A supplement I would stay be worried, but not if he's just eating his vegetables.
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  • mtpgroovemtpgroove
    thank you all!
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