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The Surprising Impact of Avocados and Eggs on Your Skin

Mar 31, 2024 · 129K views · 7K likes · 295 comments · 3K shares

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AI Search Summary

This April Fools video makes a deliberately fake nutrition claim that eggs and avocados should not be eaten together because they supposedly affect skin bacteria, acne, skin color, and weight. The page should be understood as a science-literacy prank designed to test whether viewers pause before trusting scary-sounding study claims.

  • Main question: Is it bad to eat eggs and avocado together?
  • Short answer / core takeaway: No real evidence is provided here; the claim is an April Fools prank, and the DOI in the caption is deliberately fake.
  • Evidence type: Science-literacy joke, fake-study demonstration, and misinformation-resistance exercise.
  • Search topics: eggs avocado skin prank, April Fools science video, fake DOI, nutrition misinformation, science literacy.

Common Search Questions

Is the egg-and-avocado skin claim real?

No. The video was posted on April 1 and includes a fake DOI, fictional compounds, and absurd results as clues that it is a prank.

Does eating avocado with eggs cause acne?

This page does not provide real evidence that eating eggs and avocado together causes acne. The claim is part of the joke.

Why include a fake study?

The fake study is used to teach science literacy: do not trust a claim just because someone in a lab coat says it or because a citation-like string appears on screen.

What should viewers learn from the prank?

The intended lesson is to check sources, pause before sharing scary nutrition claims, and watch or read the full context before jumping to conclusions.

Key Takeaways

  • The DOI 10.3.14159/j.ajcnut.2024.04.01 is not a real study DOI.
  • The video is intentionally framed like a nutrition warning to mimic viral misinformation.
  • Fictional terms and April Fools clues are embedded throughout the claim.
  • The follow-up video explains the clues in detail.
  • The page belongs in science-literacy and debunking retrieval, not real nutrition advice.

Transcript

The fake warning

Here is some science I wish I knew before I was in my 30s. Stop adding avocados to your eggs in the same meal. If you do, it will seriously mess with your skin in the long run.

Let’s explore why. Welcome back to 30 Studies to Change Your Life: Bizarre Nutrition Week.

The setup

I love avocados and have always enjoyed combining them with eggs when making sandwiches, wraps, or toast to add a healthy dose of protein and fat-soluble vitamins.

Until I read this study.

The claim is that skin health is affected by our microbiome, not just the gut microbiome, but also the bacteria that live on our skin.

The fictional mechanism

A lot of acne is caused by the bacteria Cutibacterium acnes, which normally feeds off the fatty sebum produced by our skin that keeps it waterproof.

Turns out, that is not all they feed on. Eggs contain an enzyme called veridicinase that reacts with one of the fats in avocados to produce a chemical called lambasate, which acts as a bacterial superfood, feeding both the acne bacteria and another species called hocus logisophage.

The fake study results

Researchers supposedly gave participants a daily breakfast of eggs, avocados, or a combination thereof for a long period of time, then measured bacterial populations on the skin and visual skin parameters.

Both separate groups did great, which makes sense because eggs and avocado are both pretty healthy. But in the combined group, something weird happened.

First, the acne-bacteria populations began to explode, causing breakouts. Then the hocus logisophage began to multiply, and the skin started slowly changing color. Participants began putting on weight and eventually began to look like the Hulk.

The reveal and viewer task

Gotcha. And if you made it this far, I have a job for you.

Comment something down below about how great the study was or how it has now changed your breakfast behavior or eating habits. Then send this video to a friend who has a bad habit of jumping to conclusions before reading the full article or watching the full video.

Additional Notes

Caption context

The caption exaggerates the fake warning: “I’ve been doing it wrong. You’ve been doing it wrong. We’ve all been doing it wrong.”

It includes a deliberately fake April Fools DOI and hashtags about science, life tips, avocado, eggs, pranks, toast, health, and nutrition.

Keywords and topics

  • April Fools science prank
  • Fake nutrition study
  • Eggs and avocado
  • Science literacy
  • Fake DOI

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