[conservative cat]

I have a six year old who we found reacts severely to artificial dyes. The difference in her behavior without them is huge. Even some previously skeptical people have seen the difference when they accidentally gave her stuff with dyes (and we didn’t know about it but wondered when we saw her flipping out.) I wonder how much of the links to “sugar” is actually to “artificial dye” or other unnatural products?

[boatbums]

Agreed and sometimes it's peanuts that cause adverse reactions. It sure seems like we have a lot more hyperactivity and ADD, ADHD than we did when I was a kid. It was a different time then and I think parents today as well as kids don't take the time to eat healthy. It's too easy to do fast food, candy, soda, etc., than to prepare nutritious food. We all pay a price!

I do, however, don't think it's the government's business to tell us how or what we must eat! We should make those choices for ourselves and our children based on common sense.

[married21]

1. We had a neighbor kid who was allergic to red dye. I saw him one day when he had eaten a popsicle. It was like he was on fast-forward— manic zipping around on his scooter, throwing toys, etc. Luckily, the allergy was identified before kindergarten.

2. My daughter has ADD. She actually craves a low-glycemic diet for breakfast on weekdays. She requests a 1/2 avocado, tomato slices and a glass of milk. On weekends, if there is pancakes or doughnuts for breakfast, we are in for some lousy moods and behavior. [I’m grateful to La Leche League for educating me about whole foods, because if she hadn’t had a lot of pure and simple food when she was little, I don’t think she would have known what she was truly hungry for.]