Carrots are anti-viral too. I had been going through seven weeks of synthetic beetle venom (how about that? Beetle venom is so valuable we need to synthesize it!) for several plantar warts on my foot. We couldn't seem to kill them, they kept coming back. My regular podiatrist was gone, so I saw the older, Chinese guy instead of her. He asked, "Do you like carrots?" "Yes, I like carrots." "Good. Eat carrots, they're anti-viral." Wart went away within two weeks of eating the carrots, which made me happy. Synthetic beetle venom is an endurance contest; Leave the pad with the venom on until you can no longer stand the pain. A chunk of skin falls off later.