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Man on carnivore diet develops yellowish nodules on his hands, feet and elbows (medicalxpress.com)

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The patient, a man in his 40s, told the doctors that the nodules had appeared three weeks prior to his hospital visit. After questioning, they determined that the patient had adopted the so-called carnivore diet approximately eight months prior to the appearance of the nodules.

The carnivore diet is a fad diet based on eating large amounts of animal fats and very little of anything else. The patient in this case reported eating nearly 10 pounds of butter, cheese and other fatty foods every day since embarking on the diet—even going so far as to add fat to the hamburgers he consumed daily.

Blood tests showed the patient's cholesterol was approximately four times normal levels. The doctors diagnosed the patient with xanthelasma, a condition in which yellowish deposits of cholesterol build up in various parts of the body—in this case, on the palms, the soles of his feet and his elbows. His case had progressed to the point that some of the cholesterol was pushing through cracks in the skin.

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[–] JeeBaiChow 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Didn't know 'carnivores' exclusively ate such high amounts of processed fat. Quit calling it that.

[–] AlexanderTheDead 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I think the movement is largely a reactionary counter to veganism. To them, butter and milk aren't vegan... therefore they are fair game for carnivores!

[–] Dasus 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Milk and butter aren't vegan to anyone.. ?

They're okay for a vegetarian diet as opposed to a vegan one.

There's also quite a lot of different types, like the "basic" one is lacto-ovo-vegetarians, meaning they just don't eat meat of any sort, but eggs and dairy is fine. There's also pescetarians, who don't generally eat meat but do eat fish. (I don't know how they define that, as fish, beavers, muskrats, and capybaras are acceptable to eat on the Fridays leading up to Easter in Catholicism for example)

But I do take your point about "carnivore" being inaccurate for them. Perhaps "lacto-ovo-carnivore"?

[–] AlexanderTheDead 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Right, maybe you would have interpreted my comment correctly if I had typed "milk and butter are not vegan. To them, therefore, they are fair game to any carnivores."

[–] SocialMediaRefugee 3 points 2 days ago

I think it is just a spin off of the paleo diet, one focused on fats and protein. Yah it is low or no carb but that is unhealthy and abnormal. You'll go into ketosis for a while but the diet is so restrictive most folks can't stick to it.