Paul Is on the Newest Diet Craze

question 42

Multiple Choice

Paul is on the newest diet craze. After a couple of weeks of eating only carrots and carrot based products, he begins to notice that his skin has a decidedly yellowish tint. This is because

• A) excess carotene from his diet has accumulated in the lipids of the stratum corneum.
• B) liver damage has occurred, and bile pigments are building up.
• C) excess melanin from his diet has accumulated in the lipids of the dermis.
• D) he has recently been exposed to a lot of ultraviolet light.
• E) his change in diet has nothing to due with the yellowish tint. It is just a natural change due to aging.

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