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EXCESS of carbohydrate in the diet has been considered to be of significance in the ætiology of certain types of skin disorder1. With this in mind the opportunity was taken to examine the fatty acid composition of the sebum in subjects who were on experimental diets containing a relative excess of carbohydrate.
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MACDONALD, I. Changes in the Fatty Acid Composition of Sebum associated with High Carbohydrate Diets. Nature 203, 1067–1068 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2031067b0
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