chocolate and acne

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aegis - 24 Feb 2007 18:20 GMT

It is commonly held that 'chocolate' does
not cause acne. That acne arises from the
inflammation of pores due to hormonal
imbalance. However, I am curious
if anyone knows what study concluded this
and how they defined 'chocolate'?
Was it dark chocolate? Milk Chocolate?
Etc.

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Ron Peterson - 25 Feb 2007 03:26 GMT

> It is commonly held that 'chocolate' does
> not cause acne. That acne arises from the
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> Was it dark chocolate? Milk Chocolate?
> Etc.

They compared dark chocolate with a trans-fat based candy bar and had
very little difference.

There is an Omega 3 and acne paper written in 2003 by Logan, but I
haven't been able to read the text.

I would theorize that saturated and transfats would tend to clog pores
because skin temperature is much lower than body temperature.

Omega 6 is reported to be effective for some skin diseases like
psoriasis.

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Ron

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