Diet and dermatosis.

Diet and medical history of 1,058 physicians and dentists and their wives were analyzed. Five parameters of refined carbohydrate consumption were found to be significantly (p less than 0.010 to less than 0.001) related to the incidence of skin symptoms and signs. Those subjects reporting one or more symptoms and signs (versus none) consumed a significantly greater quantity of refined carbohydrates as measured by each parameter--total calories, calories from refined carbohydrate, percentage of calories from refined carbohydrate, grams of refined carbohydrate, and teaspoonfuls of sugar.