ADHD: FSA Recommends Phasing Out of Food Additives
by Kevin Flatt
Filed under ADHD, ADD
Association between the consumption of certain food colours (dyes) and children’s behaviour.
On 14 April 2008 the Food Standards Agency announced its decision to recommend to Ministers the phasing out of six colours in food and drink in the EU.
These six colours – sunset yellow (E110), quinoline yellow (E104), carmoisine (E122), allura red (E129), tartrazine (E102) [...]
Hyperactivity in Children and Food Additives
by Kevin Flatt
Filed under ADHD, ADD
A study by researchers at the University of Southampton has shown evidence of increased levels of hyperactivity in young children consuming mixtures of some artificial food colours (dyes) and the preservative sodium benzoate.
The possibility of food colours [dyes] and preservatives affecting children’s behaviour has long been an unresolved question for parents.
This significant new research by [...]
