Compiled by ZAKIAH KOYA, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
A WOMAN’S face literally turned orange after eating mainly carrots for three months in a bid to lose weight, reported China Press.
The woman from Beijing, whose surname was Wang, said she had eaten between 200g and 500g of carrots a day since July to stop herself from snacking on junk food.
However, friends were alarmed seeing Wang’s complexion turn a shade of orange.
Fortunately, doctors told Wang that it was just a harmless case of carotenemia and it will fade once she changes her diet.
Carotenemia is a condition where skin takes on an orange hue after consuming high levels of the beta-carotene pigment.
> A toddler in China’s Guizhou province was kidnapped by a troop of monkeys and was saved, thanks to the swift action of police, reported China Press.
The Oct 21 incident happened when a couple brought their three-year-old out with them while farming.
According to the father, during a break at noon, they briefly placed their daughter at the foot of a tree. To their shock, she disappeared within a minute.
A search party led by the police and comprising villagers was formed after the parents suspected monkeys were involved. The mother heard cries believed to be from her daughter and alerted the search party.
They located the toddler perched on a tree by the side of a cliff. It took some time to reach her due to the dangerous terrain, but she was rescued with only a few scratches on her waist.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
