50 Food & Nutrition Myths You Need to Stop Believing

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19) Chocolate Causes Acne

This sounds like some advice you'd give to pubescent teenagers. There have actually been a lot of studies on this topic, although the results aren't compelling enough to prove a direct link between chocolate and skin problems. Other studies point out that high-glycemic diets (full of quick-digesting carbs and sugars) could be to blame, so it might not be the chocolate but rather the sugar that's causing breakouts.