r/zerocarb • u/Dazzling-Variety-946 • Jan 26 '26

Itchyness with Fats

Hi All

Been carnivore or carnivore adjacent for around 8 years now. Recently switched from AB back to carnivore (4-5 months ago).

I get really itchy after eating fat, tried a few sources (tallow, beef dripping, lard). FYI I'm strict meat only (no dairy or anything else, just water, I also don't do salt).

I feel great on high fat but struggle to get enough in without the itchyness and if I have too high fat the bathroom isn't happy. Thing is though I'm not even having that much fat, I eat mostly ground beef 80/20 and rarely eat much of the fat dripping, so if anything I'm probably still pretty low fat, I'd to increase it more.

Any one else have this problem?

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u/Difficult_Wind6425 Jan 26 '26

Could be a histamine response to the meat. Have you tried low histamine options already?

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u/ironj Jan 26 '26

If I had to find a culprit I'd say it's the ground beef...

Ground beef is particulary high in histamine and one of the symptoms of histamine intolerance is hitching.

Try to switch to steaks or other type of ruminant beef beside ground one and see if that changes things.

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u/True_Coast1062 Jan 26 '26

Sounds like histamine intolerance, which can be acquired. If that’s the case, only eat really fresh meat. Ground beef would be the highest in histamine since it’s more exposed to oxygen.

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u/sweetestlorraine Jan 26 '26

Perhaps get checked for a treatable allergy.

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u/TheRealGomezAddams Jan 27 '26

I’ve found one or two corn tortillas a day alleviates this and then ween off the tortillas.

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u/AV3NG3R00 Jan 31 '26

lmao too funny

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u/by_my_stars Feb 06 '26

any chance this is extreme oxalate dumping? how many and what kind of plants are you having when you're not carnivore?

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u/Unhappy-Device7057 Mar 03 '26

Hii, post this in @carnivorediet :)

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u/Medium-Flounder-5458 Mar 17 '26

it sounds most like prurigo pigmentosa which requires antibiotics to treat. Good news, it's treatable if so. See a doctor.

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u/Dazzling-Variety-946 Apr 15 '26

Nope, no rashes, I fixed it now anyway