File this under you are what you eat. A Florida man in his 40s just landed himself in a medical journal after his crazy diet turned his hands, feet, and elbows a light orange color. (Here’s a photo.)
They diagnosed him with something called xanthelasma. (zan-thuhl-az-muh) It’s when your cholesterol gets so high, fat starts building up under your skin. It causes yellow or orange deposits, usually around your eyes. But it can happen anywhere on your body.
So what was he eating? He told them he’d been following an extreme carnivore diet for eight months, and was only eating hamburger meat, cheese, and full sticks of butter. (My dream diet.)
He told them he’d lost some weight and was feeling really good. But when they checked his cholesterol, it was over 1,000. (!!!) Anything above 200 is bad.
They didn’t say how he’s doing now. Hopefully he’s had a vegetable.
(NY Post)
