On 20 Jul 2003 23:34:56 -0700, hemptonpi@olypen.com (Exegete) wrote:

difference....yet. Caffine is bad for you anyway!

Blast Off! wrote:
why is caffeine bad for yoU?
aside from allegedly giving you pimples.

kita wrote:
oh..i didn't know that. how does one apply coffee topically anyways? do you just glue the beans on your face
or something?

On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 02:01:42 -0400, "da\\/e /\\/\\0053-ST@1|\\|"
<spam@someone.else> wrote:

noticing that I was always hot, overheating and complaining about the
temperature when no-one else was. This is in quite large doses of
course, (for a long period of time, 4-5 years) I used to drink a 2L
bottle of Dr Pepper every day which contains probably not that much
more caffine than a few cups of coffee. Caffine = bad.

I only found information that states::

"...caffeine stimulates hormone production."

Some other stuff::

"Dr. Water Schnur of Cincinnati writes that in his 30 years of medical
practice he has observed that the use of milk and other forms of lactose
worsens many cases of acne. He also points out that in 1961 the incoming
president of the American Dermatologic Association pointed out that
teenagers who consumed the most milk and carbohydrates had the most acne.
(Consultant, December 1995, p. 1762) "

But, like I said before....I drink, literally, gallons of coffee a week and
my skin is clear. So I say experience counts more than literature.

^_^

da\\/e /\\/\\0053-ST@1|\\| wrote:


"Caffeine may prevent skin cancer


Coffee cup

Treating the skin with caffeine has been shown to prevent skin cancer in
laboratory studies conducted in the Susan Lehman Cullman Laboratory for
Cancer Research at Rutgers' Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy.

"It is not a sun-screening effect, but it's something more than that –
it's a biological effect," said Allan Conney, director of the
laboratory. "We may have found a safe and effective way of preventing
skin cancer," he said of the discovery.

It has been known for a long time that skin cancer is caused
predominantly by sunlight. Conney and the team of other researchers in
the laboratory explained that while sunscreen use has decreased the risk
of skin cancers, we still need additional approaches for skin-cancer
prevention in individuals previously exposed to high-dose levels of
sunlight.

The research team studied a special strain of hairless mice that had
been exposed to ultraviolet B light, placing the mice at risk for tumor
formation and skin cancer. After stopping the exposures, the researchers
applied caffeine and EGCG, two components of green tea, topically to the
skin. Both significantly inhibited cancer formation in the mice but,
because caffeine is more stable, it probably will be more useful in
topical applications.

One of their earlier studies dealt with caffeine taken orally. Direct
skin application, however, can provide more highly concentrated doses
and larger overall dosages. "Whether you can give enough orally to be
effective in humans is not known," said Conney. "Whether people could
ingest that amount without becoming hyperactive is also a real question
mark."

The study also reported the highly selective action of both caffeine and
EGCG in killing cancer cells. Adjacent normal skin cells were not affected.

The researchers do anticipate human clinical trials in the near future
but, "for now," said Conney, "if you are a mouse, it would be terrific.
In people, we just don't know yet." "
http://pharmacy.rutgers.edu/lcr/

is this on the skin only or throughout your body?