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caniff
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 Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:53 am Post subject: Does Food Coloring Cause Hyperactivity? |
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| Forget Ritalin�the new cure for ADHD may be to ease off the jelly beans. This week, the Food and Drug Administration is looking into whether artificial food dyes cause hyperactivity in children. Currently approved for processed food, the petroleum-based food colorings heighten the chromatic intensity of everything from Cheetos to Lucky Charms. The review was prompted by growing scientific evidence that suggests a link between artificial colors and altered behaviors in children. Dyes like Red No. 40, Yellow No. 5 and Yellow No. 6 may make food fun for kids, but they're not exactly wholesome. "They serve no health purpose whatsoever," says Michael Jacobson, director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Regulators may decide to follow Europe's lead by putting a label on foods with artificial dyes, warning that they may cause hyperactivity in kids, reports NPR. |
http://www.npr.org/2011/03/30/134962888/fda-probes-link-between-food-dyes-kids-behavior
"petroleum-based food coloring" - what a surprise. Lucky Charms was my favorite cereal when I was a kid.
These kids are gonna jones bad once the oil runs out. |
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mises
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Steelrails
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:34 am Post subject: |
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| Green food dye in me beer causes hyperactivity followed by nausea, dizziness, vomiting, diarrhea and fatigue. And in certain individuals pregnancy as well. |
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caniff
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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| A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended Thursday that the agency further study the link between food coloring and childhood hyperactivity but said products that contain the dyes do not need package warnings. |
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Scientists and public advocates have debated the issue for more than 30 years as the use of dyes in food � especially foods marketed to children � has risen steadily. Consumption of food coloring has doubled since 1990, according to some estimates. |
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42362742/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/
Well I guess that's the end of this thread (such as it was). Mises had an interesting link, anyway. |
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Ya-ta Boy
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:02 am Post subject: |
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Scientists and public advocates have debated the issue for more than 30 years as the use of dyes in food � especially foods marketed to children � has risen steadily. Consumption of food coloring has doubled since 1990, according to some estimates.
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Amazing. Here we are, biological organisms that run on chemical reactions. The Romans knew alcohol made us say things we often wish we'd bitten our tongues about (in vino veritas) and do stupid things; the candy bar industry has long advertized the benefits of a boost in energy of eating a sugar-filled candy bar before a performance...yet scientists debate for thirty years about the use of food dye? It shouldn't take more than a few months to set up some studies and find out what effect dye has on human behavior. This is really an illustration of the effect of special interest lobby money on laws. Naturally, the libertarian right defends the property/private property interests of their contributors over the health of kids who are free to eat or not eat.  |
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