Carrot Nutrition: Vitamins, Side Effects & Cooking Tips

Carrots are famous for Vitamin A, but excessive consumption can change your skin or urine color. Learn if baby carrots are as nutritious as large ones and find the best ways to cook them soft for kids or as crunchy sticks.

Are Carrots Fattening?

Published Sep,01 2011 | By Carly Schuna

As low-calorie foods go, carrots are among the best choices because they provide a multitude of essential vitamins, minerals and nutrients in an extremely light package.

Carly Schuna is a Wisconsin-based professional writer, editor and copy editor/proofreader. She has worked with hundreds of pieces of fiction, nonfiction, children's literature, feature stories and corporate content. Her expertise on food, cooking, nutrition and fitness information comes from a Level 1 personal training certification and years of in-depth study.