{"id":8039,"date":"2015-01-16T18:05:41","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T17:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/?p=8039"},"modified":"2016-01-29T14:38:32","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T13:38:32","slug":"beauty-myth-chocolate-makes-you-break-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/beauty-myth-chocolate-makes-you-break-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Beauty Myth #6: Can chocolate make you break out?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>There are countless beauty related tips and DIY tricks floating around on the world wide web, all promising to offer a solution to whatever beauty problem you can think of. At Amazingy, we\u2019re getting to the root of one of those beauty secrets every month, trying to find a good answer to the question: Will this really help? Some home remedies are a great replacement to overpriced beauty products, but others can do much more harm than good. We\u2019re on a mission to tell you which is which!<\/em><\/p>\n[row]\n[column size=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;] <a href=\"http:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/flickr----tramani_sagrens.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8043\" src=\"http:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/flickr----tramani_sagrens.jpg\" alt=\"flickr \u00a9 tramani_sagrens\" width=\"2880\" height=\"2173\" data-wp-pid=\"8043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mag.amazingy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/flickr----tramani_sagrens.jpg 2880w, https:\/\/mag.amazingy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/flickr----tramani_sagrens-1024x773.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mag.amazingy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/flickr----tramani_sagrens-1920x1449.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mag.amazingy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/flickr----tramani_sagrens-800x604.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2880px) 100vw, 2880px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0[\/column]\n[column size=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]\u00a0<strong>According to an old wives tale, eating a lot of chocolate will cause a break out of pimples. As this column is all about beauty myths, you\u2019ve probably already guessed that this tale holds little ground when we take a closer look at it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The main cause for nearly all skin impurities such as pimples and blocked pores is caused by excessive sebum production. From a physiological perspective, our hormonal balance is the culprit when it comes to pimples, next to a possible genetic predisposition to acne, and in fact, not the chocolate.<\/p>\n<p>Your hormones can change and be imbalanced for a variety of reasons \u2013 stress, menstruation, puberty or pregnancy, just to name a few. When this happens, it\u2019s not unheard of to satisfy any cravings with something sweet. It\u2019s no surprise then, that chocolate is viewed as the main cause for bad skin.<\/p>\n[\/column]\n[\/row]\n<p>Pimples caused by hormones usually appear on the chin and around the mouth, whereas blemishes in the T-zone, especially on the forehead, indicate poor nutrition.<\/p>\n<p>An unhealthy diet, regular alcohol consumption and smoking also have a negative effect on the skin. If anything, an increased consumption of sugar can also be held responsible for skin blemishes.<br \/>\nThere\u2019s no need to throw the baby out with the bathwater however: <a title=\"The Truth about raw cacao\" href=\"\/magazine\/truth-raw-cacao\/\" target=\"_blank\">raw cacao<\/a> has numerous health benefits, and can even alleviate depressive moods. To learn more about raw cacao, read this article.<\/p>\n<p>If f you choose to satisfy your chocolate cravings, enjoy a high quality chocolate, containing at the very least 75 percent of cocoa or more, knowing it won&#8217;t cause a reactive breakout.<\/p>\n<h2>Beauty Myth Debunked! Enjoy your piece of chocolate!<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>* english translation: Csilla Liptai<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are countless beauty related tips and DIY tricks floating around on the world wide web, all promising to offer<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/beauty-myth-chocolate-makes-you-break-out\/\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":8046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[],"brand":[],"problems-concerns":[1733],"class_list":["post-8039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-tricks-organic-natural-makeu-skin-care","problems-concerns-acne"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Beauty Myth #6: Can chocolate make you break out? - Amazingy Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/beauty-myth-chocolate-makes-you-break-out\/\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amazingy.com\\\/magazine\\\/beauty-myth-chocolate-makes-you-break-out\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amazingy.com\\\/magazine\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Beauty Myth #6: Can chocolate make you break out?\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Beauty Myth #6: Can chocolate make you break out? - Amazingy Magazine","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/beauty-myth-chocolate-makes-you-break-out\/","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/beauty-myth-chocolate-makes-you-break-out\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Beauty Myth #6: Can chocolate make you break out?"}]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8039"},{"taxonomy":"brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/brand?post=8039"},{"taxonomy":"problems-concerns","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/problems-concerns?post=8039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}