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Pork scratchings, cheese and kaimoana: a general practitioner’s commentary on low carbohydrate, healthy fat eating

Marcus Hawkins 1
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Botany Doctor Medical Practice, Botany Town Centre, PO Box 64267, Botany, Auckland, New Zealand. Email: marcus@botanydoctor.co.nz

Journal of Primary Health Care 11(4) 308-310 https://doi.org/10.1071/HC19078
Published: 22 November 2019

Journal Compilation © Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners 2019 This is an open access article licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License


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