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I have no idea why the discussion has moved into metals. Halogens are not metals.   And I'd be very suspicious of "detoxing". That's largely holistic health mumbo jumbo. Proper iodine intake a...

I was incorrect about theobromine including a halogen. According to the newest additions to Wikipedia, "bromine" in the name comes from a plant, not the halogen. While it doesn't explain why dark ch...

You've developed an allergy to BP. Stop using it.

Well, the (Sainsburies own make) ibuprofen I use contains propylene glycol, and this research proved that this combination (listed as F3) was not inert and was absorbed and was active over 2.5 hours, ...

  They found no statistically significant anti-inflammatory effects from any of the ibuprofen topical formulations they tried in this study. So unless there's a study showing they do work that c...

I'm not in the UK. I'm in the USA, so buying it would mean getting a bunch to make it worth the shipping.

Well I can handle IB just fine orally, but it just seems too... I don't know... easy. IB topically seems like borderline snake oil. You would think after all these years there'd be at least one clin...

oil and water do not mix very well. perhaps its part of containing our bodys water content, otherwise we would need more water to stay hydrated. That's pretty interesting. I also think we're pro...

  According to this study, high dose oral ibuprofen alone has only a minor effect on acne. In combination with antibiotics, it's more effective. That is a lot of motrin, though. I can see you ...

I'm pretty sure a vaccine would need to be injected. This sounds like BS, as if some company is using actual research and selling something pretending to be it. The vaccine would optimally need to b...

The strong belief that 2.5% BPO is all you need. "BELIEVE!!!!!!!" slams palm of hand against crying member of the congregations forehead who crashes to the floor in ecstasy.

"The presence of theobromine renders chocolate toxic to some animals,[2] especially dogs and cats."   Autism. Thyroid disease. Acne. Certain new gastrointestinal & digestive disorders that...

WOW. One of the results of Bromism (adverse health from too much bromine) is listed as acne on wikipeda.

You know, another thing just occurred to me... There was prelim research recently about modern diets, especially bread-containing ones... Pure cocoa includes high levels of bromine. One of the trea...

1. Just because a molecule looks chemically similar doesn't mean it's treated by the skin exactly the same. It doesn't take much to result in a large difference.   2. Even if it was, why would ...

Maybe they can control the new study with carob. White chocolate, which is made without pure cocoa, but does have a lot of the cocoa butter in it, would also be a useful comparison.

It's hard to kill yourself with too much oral Vitamin A without really trying hard by injecting, eating or drinking something bizarre, but at sufficiently high doses over long enough it can cause adve...

And I disagree that this is an issue of oily skin. I don't think the trait, if there is one causing anything here, is about hyper-active oil production. Only my face is oily. And my hands can get d...

All genes have some cost/benefit aspect to them. If you don’t find one, you didn’t look hard enough for it. It’s a simple concept of systems science and evolutionary dynam...