Hi! I’m now on a weight loss quest and have received some pretty weird unsolicited advice along the way lol. A few examples include, “Stop eating carrots, they’re bad for you!” & “You should never eat fruit, it’s pure sugar!” 
It makes me wonder, what is the weirdest unsolicited advice you’ve received?
Well…I am pre-diabetic, and there is a lot of contradicting information about fruits, particularly bananas.
But I recall attending a Weight Watchers meeting in 2007 and being told that a banana (natural, full fruit) had two WW points, but these chocolate snack cakes (sold by WW) had just one. Assuming that a highly processed chocolate cake is “better” for you than entire, natural fruit.
The carrot one never fails to crack me up. No one has ever gotten obese from eating too many carrots 
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There was a guy on the old Richard Simmons weight-loss clinic show. He weighed about 600 pounds and ate a very good vegan diet. He simply overate to the limit. For example, instead of a scoop, you may serve pounds of carrots with supper.
So it is feasible, but it is most likely due to an eating issue of some kind.
According to my doctor, ladies over the age of 14 or 15 cannot lose weight by eating simple carbohydrates.I was like, “damn.” I believed you were a wonderful person. Nearly 30 pounds lost eating simple carbs and everything else!
Carrots are obviously not terrible for you, but sometimes I eat too many and my complexion turns orange from the excess beta-carotene. Currently giving carrots a vacation for a few days as I started looking like I had a horrible spray-tan! 
I have to question, how many carrots does one need to consume for it to happen? I know it’s real, but I can’t eat enough carrots to conduct the experiment on myself.
Fruits include a high sugar content. That is why they are limited in any diet regimen. (Fruit is free on the newest WW plans). Carrots also have a high sugar content. Peas, corn, potatoes and other vegetables are all the same. Mind you, each type of sugar is different, and the body processes it differently than refined sugar, but all sugars must be monitored.