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[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 month ago (12 children)

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.

I saw some idiot on here a while ago saying his gf ate a pound of butter everyday and I thought it was insane...

But 10 pounds of fat a day?!

This guy is a fucking idiot, I get there's all types of misinformation about diet these days, but who could think that would be healthy?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This whole situation sounds like an episode out of The Simpsons. This guy is a real life Homer.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

No, Homer would never give up donuts.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

You're right, but he might pretend to give up donuts, eat 10lbs of dairy products and animal fat, then continue to sneak donuts at work.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What if the donuts were made out of meat?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

"Mmmm...meat donuts..."

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