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Jakarta, may sound strange when there are cases of overdoses foods that cause a person suffering from illness and even death. But there are some healthy foods even harmful if consumed in excess.

Here are six types of healthy food is not good if you consumed too much, as reported from MyHealthNewsDaily, Thursday (07/06/2012), among others:

A. Carrots

Carrots are rich in vitamins, minerals and fiber is good for your health. But eating too many carrots will make you receive beta-carotene intake is too much, too.

Beta-carotene in carrots is the molecule responsible for the bright orange color in carrots and precursors of vitamin A. If the blood of excess beta-carotene can make your skin color was black.

The condition is known as carotenemia happens because carotenoids are fat soluble. Excessive amount of carotenoids tend to accumulate in the outer layer of skin, so skin will be colored yellow or orange, especially on the palms, soles of the feet, knees and nose area.

Although carotenemia mostly occur in infants because it is often fed with carrots porridge that is too much, but can occur in adults as well. In a case report published in The Journal of Dermatology in 2006, leather 66-year-old woman who turns yellowish after taking too much carotene supplements.

One cup of chopped raw carrots contain about 15 mg-carotene, so you just need to eat a half cup of chopped carrots every day for months, so that does not change the color of your skin yellow. But carotenemia is a harmless condition and able to heal itself.

2. Sushi tuna

People who eat raw tuna too much can increase the intake of mercury. Tuna fish can accumulate methyl mercury in fish muscle by eating smaller fish.

It's hard to describe the level of mercury in sushi pieces, because it varies depending on the size and type of fish. Making it difficult to establish safe limits for consumption of sushi.

Because mercury can cause severe neurological problems, so that pregnant women and children were advised by the FDA to avoid eating too much tuna fish.

3. Coffee

Although the caffeine in coffee can make you concentrate more, consume too much coffee is not good for your health. According to the Mayo Clinic, you should not consume more than 500 to 600 mg of caffeine a day.

Obvious side effects can occur if you consume more than 600 to 900 mg of caffeine a day, which include insomnia, anxiety, nausea, irregular heartbeat, muscle tremors, anxiety and headaches.

In fact, too much caffeine can be fatal. A 21-year-old Swedish women have a heart attack shortly after consumption of about 10,000 mg of caffeine. Women can be saved from death after intensive treatment in hospital.

4. Belimbing

Case of star fruit poisoning took place in Malaysia in 1980, where the sufferers were found to have depression in the central nervous system. Carambola pose very little risk to healthy people when eaten in normal amounts.

However, if people who have kidney problems will develop a bad reaction after eating star fruit. In the 2006 case report published in the Journal of Nephrology, the consumption of star fruit on too many people that can cause kidney problems and kidney function decline in permanent kidney damage.

A similar case was reported in the Hong Kong Medical Journal in 2009, a 76-year-old woman with chronic kidney disease hospitalized in a mental state of a weak and rapid heart rate after eating two star fruit.

Common symptoms for star fruit poisoning include hiccups, vomiting, weakness, insomnia, decreased consciousness, seizures and hypotension. People with a history of kidney disease should avoid eating large quantities of star fruit, especially on an empty stomach.

5. Water

You must meet the water needs of the body by drinking eight glasses of water a day. But drinking too much water can cause water intoxication which occurs because the water dilutes the concentration of sodium in the blood and create an imbalance of electrolytes.

Known as water intoxication with hyponatraemia, most of the risk to endurance athletes. An article of 2005 in the New England Journal of Medicine states that 13 percent of the 488 runners in the Boston marathon in 2002 to develop hyponatremia from drinking too much water.

According to the researchers, a simple strategy to reduce the risk of hyponatremia in athletes is to not drink too much water during exercise.

6. Nutmeg

Nutmeg is a spice that gives many benefits to the body as herbal medicines are cheap. But if consumed in excessive amounts will cause unpleasant side effects.

Side effects that usually appear 3-8 hours after consumption and symptoms of anxiety, fear, and feelings of impending doom. According to case reports published in the Journal of Emergency Medicine 2005, some people may experience an acute psychotic disorder and visual hallucinations.

There are only two reports of fatal overdoses of nutmeg, namely in 1908, an 8-year-olds consume about 14 grams of nutmeg. The second case experienced by someone with 55 years of age and reported in the journal Forensic Science International in 2001.

Toxicology tests found traces of miristisin, a compound found in nutmeg essential oil and flunitrazepam, a powerful sedative in the blood of both. The death appears to be related to the toxic effects of both substances were combined.