Food industry additives and colors are one major cause of ADHD, asthma and cancer creating a toxic environment for our children's health. Even medicines for babies and young children frequently contain these additives banned from foods and drinks and targeted at children under three years of age.
Artificial flavors and colors means it is derived from a chemical made in a laboratory and has no nutritional value. Every single artificial flavor and color in the food industry has some kind of detrimental health effect. These include neurotoxicity, organ, developmental, reproductive toxicity, allergies and cancer.
Two recent British studies found that several food dyes, as well as the common preservative sodium benzoate have an adverse effect on some children's behavior. Researchers said the increase in ADHD diagnoses could be partly to blame on the preservative.
"It can affect their focus, their concentration. They become more easily
distractible, become more impulsive. I think we're looking at a whole
population of kids with skewed immune systems," said Dr. Kenneth Bock,
who wrote a book that supports the theory that food additives could lead
to hyperactivity in children.
A Southampton Study in the UK showed that additives cause hyperactivity
in children within an hour after consumption. Food additives, especially
the artificial colors are made from coal tar derivatives and synthetic
chemicals. Within an hour of ingestion, hyperactive behavior is evident.
Cancer and Other Serious Risks from Food Dyes Revealed
Every year, food manufacturers pour 15 million pounds of artificial food
dyes into U.S. foods -- and that amount only factors in eight different
varieties, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest
(CSPI).
In CSPI's summary of studies on food dyes, you can see that some of the most commonly used food dyes may be linked to numerous forms of cancer. CSPI reported:
"The three most widely used dyes, Red 40, Yellow 5, and Yellow 6, are contaminated with known carcinogens ...Another dye, Red 3, has been acknowledged for years by the Food and Drug Administration to be a carcinogen, yet is still in the food supply."
