187: Carrots Are BS, Toxic, Addictive & Ruin Teeth

Dr. Garrett Smith
Tuesday, Feb 25th, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmZqkIj4zwY

Methylene Blue X thread https://x.com/NutriDetect/status/1888857776967033010

(39) Nutrition Detective 🔍 – Dr. Garrett Smith on X: “Are you *still* eating carrots? We were all LIED TO about the supposed “benefits” of carrots, and have been for a very long time I’m going to take you on a ride through the deceptive health history of the carrot / thread /” / X: https://x.com/NutriDetect/status/1593346155626332160

Carrot addiction – PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8902181/

Can carrots be addictive? An extraordinary form of drug dependence – PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1511232/

A WWII Propaganda Campaign Popularized the Myth That Carrots Help You See in the Dark | Smithsonian: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-wwii-propaganda-campaign-popularized-the-myth-that-carrots-help-you-see-in-the-dark-28812484/

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Carrots, carotene and seeing in the dark – PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10484191/

Hyperostotic polyarthropathy in a rabbit–a suspected case of chronic hypervitaminosis A from a diet of carrots – PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11702930/

Reference to Heart show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOYDO0o-6cY

Carrot man: a case of excessive beta-carotene ingestion – PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22431270/

Hypercarotenodermia in Zambia: which children turned orange during mango season? | European Journal of Clinical Nutrition: https://www.nature.com/articles/ejcn2015143

(25) Nutrition Detective 🔍 – Dr. Garrett Smith on X: “So, how many carrots are in 6-7 pounds? “Large carrots, which are usually the ones you pick up at grocery stores… you would need slightly less than 4 of them to have a full pound” Eating 4/day is not hard Juicing 4/day is EASY This is NOT a crazy amount of carrots, folks!” / X: https://x.com/NutriDetect/status/1593346200379367425

Carotenemia. A review – PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7449242/

185: POTASSIUM, All About It! #toxicbileparadigm   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfiXUnadgHk

Beta carotene (supplements) increase cancer and death rates – Nutrition Detective – Research Forum – Dr. Garrett Smith’s Research Forum: https://nutritionrestored.com/blog-forum/topic/beta-carotene-supplements-increase-cancer-and-death-rates/

Antioxidant vitamins supplementation and mortality: a randomized trial in head and neck cancer patients – PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16841333/

The effect of vitamin E and beta carotene on the incidence of lung cancer and other cancers in male smokers – PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8127329/

Effects of a combination of beta carotene and vitamin A on lung cancer and cardiovascular disease.: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0mr2057n

VA Topical Tretinoin Therapy and All- Cause Mortality
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/23801055_Topical_Tretinoin_Therapy_and_All-Cause_Mortality

Carrot‐Juice Addiction Cited in Briton’s Death – The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/1974/02/17/archives/carrotjuice-addiction-cited-in-britons-death.html

β-Carotene Supplementation and Incidence of Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease: the Women’s Health Study | JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute | Oxford Academic: https://academic.oup.com/jnci/article-abstract/91/24/2102/2964963?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false

CHEMOPREVENTION OF LUNG CANCER: The Rise and Demise of Beta-Carotene | Annual Reviews: https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev.publhealth.19.1.73

Carrot Juice for cancer is effectively chemotherapy

β-carotene reverses multidrug resistant cancer cells by selectively modulating human P-glycoprotein function – PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26969385/

Carotenoids reverse multidrug resistance in cancer cells by interfering with ABC-transporters – PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22770743/

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Beta-carotene degradation products – formation, toxicity and prevention of toxicity – PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19367112/

Inhibition of aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 enhances the cytotoxic effect of retinaldehyde on A549 cancer cells – PMC: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5725100/

[Carotene jaundice in infants with “sugar nursing bottle syndrome”] – PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2685580/

Research showing teeth/dental problems are related to excess Poison/”Vitamin A” – Nutrition Detective – Research Forum – Dr. Garrett Smith’s Research Forum: https://nutritionrestored.com/blog-forum/topic/research-showing-teeth-problems-are-related-to-excess-poison-vitamin-a/

ooth Whitening: What We Now Know – PMC: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4058574/

Saliva concentrations of some selected proteins and glycoprotein markers in man after supplementary intake of beta-carotene – PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3170089/

Reduced salivary flow induced by systemic isotretinoin may lead to dental decay. A prospective clinical study – PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17377383/

Frontiers | Retinoic Acid Excess Impairs Amelogenesis Inducing Enamel Defects: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/articles/10.3389/fphys.2016.00673/full

Effects of retinoids on tooth morphogenesis and cytodifferentiations, in vitro – PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1295562/

Why are carrots orange? It is political: https://nextnature.org/en/magazine/story/2009/why-are-carrots-orange-it-is-political