A man's case report reveals that eating 4kg of cheese a day caused cholesterol to leak from his body
by JAMA Cardiologym 2024, Marmagkiolis et al.
Many people have heard that eating too many oranges or carrots can turn your skin yellow. If you eat a lot of cheese and butter, lipids will leak out of your blood vessels and cause parts of your body to turn yellow. A case was reported of an American man who developed yellowing eyes.
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Doctors from the University of South Florida Tampa General Hospital and the Department of Cardiology at the University of Texas at Houston reported in the January 22, 2025, academic journal JAMA Cardiology that patients had been experiencing asymptomatic yellow spots on the palms, soles, and elbows for three weeks. We present the case of a man who came to the hospital complaining of the development of nodules.
The Florida man had been on a 'carnivore diet' for about eight months prior to his appointment, which consisted of eating six to nine pounds of cheese, sticks of butter, and other foods a day. , a diet that is very high in fat, including hamburgers.
The man claims that the carnivore diet helped him lose weight, feel more energetic, and have a clearer mind, but in exchange, it caused his cholesterol level to reach 1000mg/dL, well above the normal range of 210-300mg/dL, resulting in dyslipidemia. It had become like that.
Below is a photo of the lesion on a man's hand.
by JAMA Cardiologym 2024, Marmagkiolis et al.
The specialist who examined the man diagnosed the condition as '
Xanthelasma is a condition in which excess lipids leak out of blood vessels and form deposits. In healthy people, the lipids that leak out of blood vessels are collected by a type of white blood cell called macrophages .
However, when there is too much lipid for the macrophages (also called large phagocytes) to consume, the macrophages turn into foam cells , swollen with stored cholesterol, and deposit it in body tissues.
These deposits typically form on the eyelids, and it's thought that a lifetime of blinking weakens blood vessels in that area, making them more susceptible to leaking lipids. Like the man in this case who developed yellow nodules on his palms, xanthomas can occur anywhere on the body.
Although xanthelasma is not necessarily associated with high cholesterol or the risk of heart disease, high total cholesterol is strongly associated with coronary heart disease. If too many macrophages clog blood vessels, it can lead to myocardial infarction or stroke.
'This case highlights the impact of dietary patterns on lipid levels and the importance of controlling hypercholesterolemia to prevent complications,' the doctors wrote.
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