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 patient was eventually diagnosed with a condition known as xanthelasma — the build-up of cholesterol under the skin.

A trio of cardiologists, two at Tampa General Hospital and the third at the University of Texas' MD Anderson Cancer Center, have reported an incident of an adult man developing yellowish nodules on his hands,

Eight months spent following a "carnivore diet" caused a man to grow big, yellow bumps on his hands, feet and elbows.

The man in his 40s, who was not identified, had been on the carnivore diet for 8 months when he started to notice the discoloration on the palms of his hands, his elbows and the soles of his feet, according to a medical case report published Jan. 22 in the peer-reviewed journal Cardiovascular Images from the American Medical Association.

An adult man developed yellowish nodules after following a strict carnivore diet for eight months, a trio of US cardiologists reported. His cholesterol levels were four times higher than normal and was following a "carnivore diet".

The patient adopted a carnivore diet approximately 8 months before presentation,” an abstract from the article said. “His dietary habits included a high intake of fats, consisting of 6 to 9 lb of cheese,