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Thursday, September 6, 2007 | 4:38 PM ET
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| Quote: | Certain common artificial food colourings and additives are fuelling hyperactivity in children, a British study has found.
The study in The Lancet medical journal, released late Wednesday, confirms a link long suspected by many parents between hyperactivity and food preservatives.
Increased hyperactivity is associated with the development of educational difficulties, especially in relation to reading.
(CBC) For the study, researchers at Southampton University studied 153 three-year-olds and 144 eight- to nine-year-olds, giving them fruit drinks with various levels of additives.
The children were divided into four groups for the purpose of the study – groups A and B in each age category. The three-year-old children in both groups consumed drinks that had food colouring amounts equivalent to two 56-gram bags of sweets.
The nine-year-old study participants, on the other hand, were exposed to varying amounts of food colouring. Group A ingested a dose equal to about two bags of sweets per day; group B ingested the equivalent of four bags of sweets.
Researchers found that children without a history of any hyperactive disorder showed varying degrees of hyperactivity after consuming the drinks. The groups that consumed all of the additive-laced juice had "significantly higher" hyperactivity scores than placebo for both A and B drink mixes, according to the study.
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They also had higher scores than the children who only consumed 85 per cent of the juice.
Additives linked to ADHD
Artificial food colours and additives (AFCA) have been proven in studies to affect behaviour in children. The study says that in many cases children who are hyperactive are diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
"The possible benefit in a reduction in the level of hyperactivity of the general population by the removal of artificial food colour and additives from the diet is well-established," says the study.
"The present findings, in combination with the replicated evidence for the AFCA effects on the behaviour of three-year-old children, lend strong support for the case that food additives exacerbate hyperactive behaviours [inattention, impulsivity, and overactivity] in children at least up to middle childhood."
Increased hyperactivity is associated with the development of educational difficulties, especially in relation to reading.
Britain issues warning
While some children in the test groups showed little or no response, the results were still significant enough for Britain's Food Standards Agency to issue a warning several hours after the study's release urging parents of hyperactive children to avoid foods with multiple additives.
Among the additives studied were:
E211, sodium benzoate, a preservative used to extend shelf-life of food and drinks.
E102, tartrazine, a yellow food dye used in ice cream, soft drinks and fish sticks.
E104, quinoline yellow, a yellow dye used in soft drinks, cosmetics and medications.
E110, sunset yellow, a dye used in yogurts and sweets.
E122, carmoisine, a coal tar derivative used in sweets and yogurts.
E129, allura red, a dye used in pop drinks and bubble gum.
According to Health Canada's website, all but one of the additives, carmoisine, are permitted for use in Canada.
The British government's Food Standards Agency stopped short of calling for a ban on the additives, although other countries have banned some of them.
Norway, for example, has banned all of the additives while the U.S. has banned quinoline and carmoisine |
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| Posted: Thu, Sep 06 2007, 8:44 pm Post subject: re: Food additives fire up children's hyperactivity: |
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duh... in comes all the naturalist
HELLO WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS!!
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| Posted: Thu, Sep 06 2007, 8:59 pm Post subject: re: Food additives fire up children's hyperactivity: |
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| yeah, it's really sad to me that there are young children on addictive drugs to help them sit for long periods while they guzzle down cans of soda and consume bag after bag of super snacks.
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E211, sodium benzoate, a preservative used to extend shelf-life of food and drinks.
E102, tartrazine, a yellow food dye used in ice cream, soft drinks and fish sticks.
E104, quinoline yellow, a yellow dye used in soft drinks, cosmetics and medications.
E110, sunset yellow, a dye used in yogurts and sweets.
E122, carmoisine, a coal tar derivative used in sweets and yogurts.
E129, allura red, a dye used in pop drinks and bubble gum.
thanks! I wasnt sure what these were-seems kinda tricky to list a number as an ingredient rather then saying what it is!
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| Posted: Fri, Sep 07 2007, 1:01 am Post subject: re: Food additives fire up children's hyperactivity: |
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| I've seen sodium benzoate; I wonder if any of the others are kosher
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| Posted: Sat, Sep 08 2007, 11:54 pm Post subject: re: Food additives fire up children's hyperactivity: |
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These additives are very kosher, and if someone is not specifically avoiding them, they are eating them.
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My next door neighbors had a baby girl who would scream all night long and bang her head against the crib. They brought her to a bunch of doctors - even psychiatrists, everything. It turns out that the junk they were feeding her - the mac and cheese, the frozen waffles, etc. had a orange dye that she was allergic to. At night she would hit her head against the crib b/c she was having migraines!!! Absolutely horrible!
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