Greasy

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All of those web pages mention diet and how it effects oily skin, you clearly just didnt read them.

In reply to: I suffer from acne and I'll tell you that I've cut down on chocolate, greasy foods and whatever else those myths say. And it didn't help me at all Okay, well they didn't help you get rid of any right? So, I shoudn't give up eating chocolate?

On about greasy skin and greasy foods. I did notice that when I gave up chips for a week (cause i eat too many) my skin wern't as greasy...But on the whole, thanks for all the tips and advice.

All of those web pages mention diet and how it effects oily skin, you clearly just didnt read them. I didn't read them? I quoted them but I didn't read them? First of all, I question their authority. Just because something is on a Web page doesn't mean that it's correct. Secondly, some of them were selling products; their reason for being is not to convey accurate information.The question that I was addressing was, Does chocolate or greasy food lead to acne. Some of those pages didn't address that issue. The pages that HelmsmaN cited (which were of more reliable provenance) contradicted the idea.There's a lot said, but there's nothing scientific to back up what's said. When my parents were teenagers, people worried about greasy food causing acne. The problem is that reasearch has shown it to be a false belief, just like the idea of bleeding people to cure general illness was found to be wrong.Rather than a one-line attack, it would be a lot more constructive if you'd find an authoritative source, not just someone repeating the same old saw. Jaguar> I did notice that when I gave up chips for a week (cause i eat too many) my skin wern't as greasy...People can convince themselves of practically any cause and effect. Are you familiar with the placebo effect? People can completely convince themselves that some false treatement is effective.

Secondly, some of them were selling products; their reason for being is not to convey accurate information.Adverts are not allowed to lie. The people making the product could be sued if they advertise something and lie about it. Stretch the truth a little, yes, give only one side of the argument, but the information they give has to be true.

In reply to:Adverts are not allowed to lie. The people making the product could be sued if they advertise something and lie about it. Stretch the truth a little, yes, give only one side of the argument, but the information they give has to be true.At first I thought you were joking, but apparently you're not. Do you believe the zillions of "make your penis bigger" and "get rich quick" ads that land in your e-mail box? In the U.S., enforcement against companies that make "dietary supplements" and such can make all kinds of crazy claims, (legally if they word it just so). The enforcement agenicies can only look into a tiny percentage of the companies making false claims, and when they do, the bad guys just shut down their sites, open a new one, and go right back into business.Trust me on this: On those kind of sites, there is more false information and claims than true ones.But if you don't believe that, I have some nice land in Florida to sell you...

ah, i thought you were talking about tv ad's for some reason. I forgot all about the internet (feeling very blonde right now!) sorry.

They keep running TV commercials for the braclets that are supposed to be charged with magnetic energy, but are actually nothing more than a twisted piece of stranded wire with small metal balls on both ends, and that are supposed to fix arthritis, among other things. They do nothing but make you a few tens of dollars poorer...but the ads keep going and going...for years...even though they're now being sued by the government.

I keep catching the little words and phrasing that they use in ads. Like just this second there is an ad for an electric toothbrush and the narrator keeps saying it "could" remove up to 50% more plaque than my normal toothbrush.

Little does he know that my toothbrush is anything but normal.

Hey,i'm blonde!

Dr. Perricone has written a great book about diet and skin...I have it, I just forgot the name of the book at the moment and I'm too lazy to go look for it

The Perricone Promise: Look Younger, Live Longer in Three Easy StepI think is the name

When I was younger two things: chocolate and chips would bring on acne. Everyone is different and mine happened to be caused by two things in particular. Wifes tales or not, the issue will not die because there is no proof by scientists, just from individual personal experiences which mean alot more to some. By the way... what you eat does reflect on your skin. Your body has to absorb everything we eat so why is that hard to believe that some people react differently to foods than others.

Maybe...people think oily foods make their skin oily BECAUSE they eat the food, don't wash their hands, and then touch their face! It all makes sense :laughing:

That's how I feel after KFC.

I can't stand it when someone doesn't wash their hands after they eat. All that food left on their hands gets all over everything. I'm tired of using greasy keyboards at school.

Funny, my father was always washing his hands, but he rarely dried them. He'd get everything he touched wet.

My dad is the exact same way. I always dry my hands after I wash them, unless I'm at school where they only have cheap hand dryers that take several nonexistent minutes to dry your hands.

ick, same. yuck