Friday Favorites: Do Chocolate and Cocoa Powder Cause Acne?
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2022-10-28

What are the effects of dairy products, sugar, and chocolate on the formation of pimples? Researchers put white chocolate, dark chocolate, baking chocolate, and cocoa powder to the test to find out.

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For more on acne, check out:

The Acne-Promoting Effects of Milk (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-acne-promoting-effects-of-milk/)
Saving Lives by Treating Acne with Diet (https://www.nutritionfacts.org/video/saving-lives-by-treating-acne-with-diet/)
Treating Acne with Barberries (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/treating-acne-barberries/)
Why Do Vegan Women Have 5x Fewer Twins? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/why-do-vegan-women-have-5x-fewer-twins/)
Natural Treatment for Acne and Fungal Infections (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/natural-treatment-for-acne-and-fungal-infections/)
Do Sunflower Seeds Cause Acne? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/do-sunflower-seeds-cause-acne/)

What effects do cocoa powder and/or chocolate have on other health aspects? Check out my other chocolate-covered videos:

A Treatment for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/a-treatment-for-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/)
Dark Chocolate and Artery Function (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/Dark-Chocolate-and-Artery-Function)
Dark Chocolate Put to the Test for Peripheral Artery Disease (https://nutritionfacts.org/2020/01/09/dark-chocolate-put-to-the-test-for-peripheral-artery-disease/)
How Dark Chocolate Affects Our Arteries (https://nutritionfacts.org/2015/11/05/how-dark-chocolate-affects-our-arteries/)
Cocoa Good, Chocolate Bad (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/cocoa-good-chocolate-bad/)
Does Chocolate Cause Weight Gain? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/does-chocolate-cause-weight-gain)
Chocolate and Stroke Risk (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/chocolate-and-stroke-risk)

The original videos aired on March 16 & 18, 2018

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