Lately I've found myself in a bit of quandary. Lately I'm sure a lot have heard about the news stories talking about whether or not there is a relation between food dyes and hyperactivity/ADHD. I had heart about this before..but didn't really look into until recently since both of my boys I am pretty certain have ADHD. I also have had ADD (note that I chose to omit the H for hyper) nearly all my life. I have always been an EXTREMELY picky eater...I spent a good chunk of my childhood eating Mac & Cheese, which has 2-3 different yellow food dyes in it depending on the brand, and lots of juice, and lots of cereal such as cap'n crunch, fruit loops etc. After reading a few news articles about this mom who after her son was diagnosed as ADHD, she eliminated all foods with artificial dyes in them and within 2 weeks had shown a big improvement. I personally HATE the meds for ADD. They are terrible. Well for a child they are as an adult its like a 3 cups of coffee, a rockstar and a glass of water to the face in pill form :) which is nice lol. My point is I'd rather try and eliminate some things that aren't really all the healthy anyways to try and help. So for the next 2 weeks I'm going to try this on me and the boys, I guess Aspyn and Justin will have to join us as well...and for those who know me well...know this will be the hardest for me. If I survive...and thats a big IF I'll attempt to document... Here are some things that we enjoy with food dye.
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| All of these foods are loaded with artificial dyes... :( |
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| I love to make cupcakes... |
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| I also love to add food coloring to everything :( |
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| One of the kids favorites... |
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| Awww gummy bears??? |
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| and worms? |
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| My kids drink a lot of this. |
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| wow...that sucks... |
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| This stuff is pretty much water and air for me :( |
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| And my two basic food groups Redvines and Twizzlers... |
