The doctors found that the man's blood cholesterol levels were over 1000 mg/dL—for reference, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine, a "normal" cholesterol level is less than 200 mg/dL, and ...

1 day ago · A man who told doctors he ate nothing, but 6–9 pounds of butter, cheese and hamburgers every day for eight months ended up at Tampa General Hospital with yellowish lumps of cholesterol developing on parts of his body.

The JAMA article found that the patient’s cholesterol level exceeded 1000 mg/DL (milligrams of cholesterol per deciliter of blood), a massive increase from his baseline of 210 to 300 mg/DL.

2 days ago · Initially, the man said he experienced weight loss, increased energy, and mental clarity, but he ended up having to go to Tampa General after his limbs began showing painless nodules, according to Vice. The JAMA article found that the patient’s cholesterol level exceeded 1000 mg/DL (milligrams of cholesterol per deciliter of blood), a massive increase from his baseline of 210 to 300 mg/DL.

Jan 22, 2025 · High cholesterol is considered 240 mg/dL. The man’s was over 1,000 mg/dL. ... That was the disturbing case of a man in Florida who showed up at a Tampa hospital with a three-week history of ...

6 days ago · One man in his 40s ended up at a Florida hospital with cholesterol coming out of his body. He told doctors he ate 6 to 9 pounds of cheese, sticks of butter, and hamburgers every day, according to ...

Jan 23, 2025 · As it turned out, his issue was an unusual but known complication of having high blood cholesterol, which had likely been caused by the man’s diet chock full of meat, cheese, and lots of butter.

5 days ago · The "carnivore diet" fad led to a strange condition for one Florida man who ate pounds of meat, cheese and butter for eight months. A Florida man whose diet consisted of pounds of meat, cheese and butter, part of the "carnivore diet" fad, led to such high cholesterol levels that it released from his body in the form of yellowish lumps.

6 days ago · A Florida man in his mid-40s on a meat, fat and dairy-heavy diet arrived at a Tampa hospital with ooze emanating from yellowish nodes on the palms of his hands, elbows and the soles of his feet ...

6 days ago · A Florida man's extreme carnivore diet led to cholesterol seeping out of his skin, as described in a paper published in JAMA Cardiology.. The patient, in his 40s, sought out doctors at the Tampa ...