tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698519433629464876.post4066678318495303748..comments2023-09-20T08:09:07.111-04:00Comments on Manners for Modern Mothers: Color Me Hyper?EBBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985081141514919475noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698519433629464876.post-67681287763101642892011-05-26T16:29:45.627-04:002011-05-26T16:29:45.627-04:00To think that ingesting a petroleum product will n...To think that ingesting a petroleum product will not cause adverse reaction over time is ridiculous. Anyone would be hard pressed to find a regular food on the market that does not contain some sort of food dye. It is in everything we eat. It is said that an average human being eats about 11 pounds of toxic chemicals each year and we wonder why ADD, ADHD, Bipolar and Cancer are growing at an alarming rate. There is absolutely no reason to add a petroleum product (food coloring) to anything we eat. The only reason the manufacturers do it is strictly marketing related. They have performed studies that show the human brain perceives bright colors like we see in nature, apples, grapes, oranges, tomatoes as good for our bodies. Therefore if they add color to it and make it brighter, human instinct kicks in and our brains crave it. In reality we are slowly killing ourselves and our children. <br />I absolutely hate when I read articles that state there are no studies that show food coloring is harmful. That is just the FDA’s way of saying the lobbyist have more power than you do. I have a child that began to act out with aggression and behaviors that were not natural, nor logical. We struggled for years as he was kicked out of daycare after daycare. As a last resort we took him to a doctor who diagnosed him as bipolar and put him on medication. We hated this but at the time; it was all we could do. We did not want him to hurt himself or anyone else. At one point he jumped out of a car at stoplight on a busy street because we passed a toy store and he was mad that we did not go there. After he was placed on medication, his issues lessened but did not go away completely. After about a year on the medication, he went through about a three week period where he slid back into the uncontrollable personality that he had been before the medication. I began to look at what had changed. I realized that a family member had given us a case of the little orange cheese crackers and a case of a well known ranch flavored potato chips (I don’t want to mention names). Our kids at these standard US snacks at the rate of about 5 or six packages a day during those three weeks. I began to put two and two together and realized the common denominator was food coloring. We removed all foods with artificial food coloring, which by the way was not as easy as it sounds, and within a few days our child was calmed, sweet, and caring again. The few times he had a meltdown was directly related to a food with dye in it. One time we could not figure out why he was acting out, all he had was pizza. Then I found out there is yellow dye in pizza crust. Why you might ask? So it looks pretty and your brain tells you it is healthy food. At this point we have backed his medication down to the lowest dosage and over the summer we plan to completely take him off the medication. Without food dye in his system we have seen an amazing turn around in his personality. It is like night and day. If he get any food dye we see aggression within about thirty to forty minutes after he ate the food coloring. I wish the FDA would call me. I could shoe them in just a few sessions what type of affect this has on our child. <br />I find it amazing as I look around and kids are cramming cupcakes with bright blue frosting in their mouths at alarming rates, while the parents stand there and say, “I don’t know why little Johnny is ADD. Where did I go wrong?” … Really? I challenge you to walk in your local convenience store and find an item without artificial dye and by the why “Carmel coloring” found in many products is not natural either, it just sounds like it is. <br />Wake up America! The FDA has to quite playing the lobbyist money game while our children are the pawns. <br />Join us on FaceBook to ban food coloring today! http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/home.php?sk=group_212701462084640Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698519433629464876.post-39242470792019196682011-04-12T21:18:49.857-04:002011-04-12T21:18:49.857-04:00Laughing, Kate. I was just thinking that it's ...Laughing, Kate. I was just thinking that it's a good thing the other parents at my children's school don't read this, lest they think I am a hypocrite: we gave out colored gummy bears at the last birthday party we hosted. In fairness, that's part of what got me thinking about it, but not enough to change the party favor. <br /><br />And Amy, great idea: a mass revolt via 800 number calls. Maybe it could help?EHPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08795389357517479909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698519433629464876.post-26142887676988318552011-04-12T20:23:02.127-04:002011-04-12T20:23:02.127-04:00Interesting that this topic has been around for 40...Interesting that this topic has been around for 40-some years and only now has mainstream science come 'round to agree (well, maybe sorta) with all those fringe kooky types of the 70s. Yeah, I had those fringe kooky parents. <br /><br />That said, if enough of us say -- in print, or to the helpful 800-our-product number -- "We aren't buying your brand because we don't want that in our food," then things will indeed trend toward our stated preferences. I'm noticing a steadily increasing number of bread and boxed snacks in the last 3 years that have shifted away from using HFCS, for instance.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06331709146988974058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698519433629464876.post-39538919791419071192011-04-12T19:59:30.183-04:002011-04-12T19:59:30.183-04:00ladies, i confess i ate a whole pack of red dyed T...ladies, i confess i ate a whole pack of red dyed TWIZZLERS last night. I just couldn't control myself. But I did have kale with dinner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698519433629464876.post-91171338871824338882011-04-11T21:31:22.749-04:002011-04-11T21:31:22.749-04:00Kate -- no total craziness here, either. Even if I...Kate -- no total craziness here, either. Even if I wanted to be super vigilant, I'm pretty sure I no longer have the stamina required.<br /><br />Wow, Anonymous, you said it better than I did. <br /><br />Thanks Liz, always nice to hear!EHPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08795389357517479909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698519433629464876.post-39063789788039142472011-04-11T20:45:29.066-04:002011-04-11T20:45:29.066-04:00Loved this post ...actually love all your posts. ...Loved this post ...actually love all your posts. <br /><br />PS: Tings are also a non-artificial dead ringer for Cheetos....my kids devour them...right ext to Pirate Booty in the snack aisle.Liz Caannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698519433629464876.post-39231342600698478752011-04-11T15:13:23.907-04:002011-04-11T15:13:23.907-04:00Put in the file next to deep fried foods make you ...Put in the file next to deep fried foods make you fat. Can we ever expect to the government to replace common sense?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698519433629464876.post-12260341768670189532011-04-11T14:01:04.071-04:002011-04-11T14:01:04.071-04:00we love pirate's booty. i agree with you that...we love pirate's booty. i agree with you that we need to use some common sense and exercise personal responsibility. one can go crazy trying to avoid food dyes, HFCS, preservatives, etc. . . I try to serve more things that come from the earth than don't. I refuse to be crazy about this or make certain foods "forbidden" for that only leads to issues down the road.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com