I spotted an ad in one of the morning free papers that someone's doing a study on the effects of a vegan diet on acne. No medications or anything, just the effect of the diet.

Not vegan, but I do know that giving up all dairy (this includes cheese, *SOB*) makes my skin clear up lickety-split. Sometimes I backslide and eat the tasty tasty cheese (I work in an Italian restaurant, there's only so much temptation I can take), but I do try to avoid all dairy.

Yeah, Lily's lasted a week or so, starting at 3 weeks. We cleaned her face gently with water and ignored as best we could. She was a serious pimple monster.

Once in a health food store I was having a lovely conversation with a really enthusiatic woman who was telling me all about her raw food diet of the last two years. And she had some of the most horrible acne I'd ever seen in an adult.

(I don't mean to sound sarcastic. She was really nice and it was fun talking to her.)

One thing I've always wondered about raw food diets: Aren't there a lot of veggies and such that need to be cooked somehow for our bodies to digest them?

Aren't there a lot of veggies and such that need to be cooked somehow for our bodies to digest them?

Yes. Because otherwise they will never enter my stomach.

Emeline didn't get the baby acne, but boy howdy did she get the cradle cap. She smelled like a salad for two months. But holy cats was her head soft.

You guys have your *weight* on your drivers' licenses??

Well, yes, but it's self-reported and not checked or updated or anything. Hence the noteworthiness of it actually reflecting reality - for a lot of us the DL is more of "what's the lowest number I can semi-plausibly claim and not feel like shit about" than anything true to life.

Yep. A few years ago, I was renewing my driver's license and noticed that the weight category was gone. I mentioned it to the clerk and she said "yeah, we were tired of people lying to us" Har.

I spotted an ad in one of the morning free papers that someone's doing a study on the effects of a vegan diet on acne. No medications or anything, just the effect of the diet.

My skin has cleared up some since I stopped eating dairy, but I don't know it it's just coincidence -- my skin tends to break out for a while, then clear up for a while, in no pattern I've ever been able to discern.

So my mom, my sister, and I are throwing my brother's fiance a bridal shower in a few weeks. As usual with any big do I throw, I need Bitch approval/suggestions on the menu:

Spinach salad with strawberries, walnuts, bleu cheese crumbles - citurs poppyseed dressing
Chicken waldorf salad
Tortellini pesto salad
Tomato asparagus salad
Veggie tray
Fruit tray
Cheese tray
Lemon glazed poundcake
Mom's whipped cream jelly cake
Various cookies
Fruit punch - probably a raspberry lemonade
Iced tea
Coffee
"Adult" punch - probably a peach margarita type thing

We're going for light and fresh. Thoughts? Comments? Other suggestions?