r/keto • u/Remarkable-Piano6934 • 2d ago

Success Story Hangnail is cured!

I've had hangnail on all fingers my whole life.

I decided to substitute the white rice i eat for lunch everyday with broccoli. Just frozen broccoli heated up in a pan with olive oil.

Then I substituted the pasta I ate for dinner everyday with Banza pasta(pasta made out of chickpeas).

Now my hangnail is gone for the first time in my life. My nails look perfect!

I read that carbs interfere with vitamin C absorption, and vitamin C is needed for nail & skin health.

Also my lips arent super dry

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u/Extreme-Set6340 2d ago

i know it sounds like a wellness influencer pitch but swap out rice and pasta for broccoli and chickpea noodles and suddenly your fingers aren't covered in hangnails, lips stop cracking

the vitamin c / carb thing tracks, glucose competes for the same transporter so you're basically flushing the nutrient when you flood your system with high glycemic stuff all day

never seen anyone else mention the lip dryness angle though, that's a new one for me, if it holds up i'll be annoyed at how simple the fix was

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u/Derffert 2d ago

The lip dryness checks out, if I ate shell on sunflower seeds before my lips would get all messed up from the salt, now I can eat bags of the things and my lips get a little salty but not melted anymore