วันศุกร์ที่ 6 มีนาคม พ.ศ. 2558

Does chocolate really cause acne?

I am a person who extremely loves to eat chocolate. Every time that I eat many chocolate, my mom always warns me that eating chocolate too much can cause acne. At first, I don’t believe what my mom warns me. But over time, I am warned more and more so I begin to doubt that “Does chocolate really cause acne?”

After I have a question, the first thing that I do is searching the information from the internet. I find the interesting information showed me that chocolate can’t cause acne from the research of Dr. Albert Kligman. From the Dr. Albert Kligman’s research, Dr. Albert Kligman gave teens with acne real chocolate bars, and others chocolate-free bars that tasted like chocolate. Neither group knew which candy bars were fake. "The variation in the acne and induction of acne lesions was no greater in the chocolate group than in the nonchocolate group."
I quite to believe that chocolate can’t cause acne but I want to be sure that chocolate can’t cause acne. So I had established the experiment to re-check the research of Dr. Albert Kligman and make sure my question is answered scientifically.
In my experiment, I found six people who are willing to eat the chocolate and they are all in the same age which is 18 years old. And then, I divided them into 2 groups; there are 3 people in each group. One group, I gave the real chocolate, milk chocolate, that had a shape as same as a candy and another group I gave chocolate-free candy. In chocolate-free candy, I added synthesis flavor of the chocolate. Nobody knew that the candy which I gave was a fake chocolate candy. .Both of them, I gave real chocolate and fake chocolate 3 times. I did the experiment for 1 week.
Real Chocolate

The data was collected by noticing and measuring the acne on the face of volunteers. Before I started the experiment, I took a photo of the face of volunteers and measured the number of acne. After I started the experiment, I took a photo of the face of volunteers and measured the number of acne after they ate real chocolate or fake chocolate in the evening. When the experiment finished, I compile all of the data that was collected and fill in the table. And then I analyze the different of the two groups.

Real Chocolate                                           Chocolate-free candy
            
               Before                          After                                   Before                               After

Name
Number of acne
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
Real Chocolate







-          New
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
-          Boss
10
10
12
12
12
12
9
-          Panda
6
6
6
6
5
5
6
Chocolate-free candy







-          Nine
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
-          Pang
15
15
15
15
17
17
17
-          Domo
9
8
8
8
10
10
9

In the result of this experiment, there is no different that is significant from the two groups. In the first group; group that I give real chocolate; in the last day of the experiment all of them still have the acne as same as or almost the same of the first day of the experiment. The result of the second group is as same as the first group. In the last day of the experiment all of them still have the acne as same as or almost same the first day of the experiment.
In conclusion, chocolate doesn’t cause the acne. But the acne can cause when the oil glands make too much sebum, a waxy substance that along with dead skin cells can clog pores. Bacteria grow and irritate the blocked pores, giving the red and swollen look to them. Too much harsh washing can further inflame the area. So, this science myth is false.

Chayopas   Chumkong M.6 No.6

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