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===Healthy diet=== {{see also|Healthy diet}} There has not been adequate evaluation of changing the diet to reduce eczema.<ref name="CC-Bath-Hextall">{{cite journal | vauthors = Bath-Hextall F, Delamere FM, Williams HC | title = Dietary exclusions for established atopic eczema | journal = The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | issue = 1 | pages = CD005203 | date = January 2008 | volume = 2008 | pmid = 18254073 | pmc = 6885041 | doi = 10.1002/14651858.CD005203.pub2 | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0013319/ | url-status = live | veditors = Bath-Hextall FJ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131021223144/http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0013319/ | df = dmy-all | archive-date = 21 October 2013 }}</ref><ref name="IQWiG-eliminate">{{cite web|last=Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care|title=Eczema: Can eliminating particular foods help?|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0005096/|work=Informed Health Online|publisher=Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care|access-date=24 June 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021223600/http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0005096/|archive-date=21 October 2013}}</ref> There is some evidence that infants with an established [[egg allergy]] may have a reduction in symptoms if eggs are eliminated from their diets.<ref name="CC-Bath-Hextall" /> Benefits have not been shown for other elimination diets, though the studies are small and poorly executed.<ref name="CC-Bath-Hextall" /><ref name="IQWiG-eliminate" /> Establishing that there is a [[food allergy]] before dietary change could avoid unnecessary lifestyle changes.<ref name="CC-Bath-Hextall" /> ====Fatty acids==== Oils with fatty acids that have been studied to prevent dermatitis include:<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Søyland |first1=E |last2=Funk |first2=J |last3=Rajka |first3=G |last4=Sandberg |first4=M |last5=Thune |first5=P |last6=Rustad |first6=L |last7=Helland |first7=S |last8=Middelfart |first8=K |last9=Odu |first9=S |last10=Falk |first10=ES |title=Dietary supplementation with very long-chain n-3 fatty acids in patients with atopic dermatitis. A double-blind, multicentre study. |journal=The British Journal of Dermatology |date=June 1994 |volume=130 |issue=6 |pages=757–764 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2133.1994.tb03414.x |pmid=8011502|s2cid=25066444 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Callaway |first1=J |last2=Schwab |first2=U |last3=Harvima |first3=I |last4=Halonen |first4=P |last5=Mykkänen |first5=O |last6=Hyvönen |first6=P |last7=Järvinen |first7=T |title=Efficacy of dietary hempseed oil in patients with atopic dermatitis. |journal=The Journal of Dermatological Treatment |date=April 2005 |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=87–94 |doi=10.1080/09546630510035832 |pmid=16019622|s2cid=18445488 }}</ref> * [[Corn oil]]: [[Linoleic acid]] (LA) * [[Fish oil]]: [[Eicosapentaenoic acid]] (EPA) and [[docosahexaenoic acid]] (DHA) * [[Hemp seed oil]]: [[Linoleic acid]] (LA), and [[alpha-Linolenic acid]] (ALA) In the 1950s Arild Hansen showed that infants fed [[skimmed milk]] developed essential fatty acid deficiency which was characterized by an increased food intake, poor growth, and a scaly dermatitis, and was cured by the administration of [[corn oil]].
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