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Friday, April 1, 2011

Does artificial food coloring affet your child's behavior?

The debate over artificial food coloring has been around since the 1970s, when a pediatric doctor treated children with hyperactivity by prescribing a diet that lacked artificial food coloring. Since then, a number of studies have emerged on the possible correlation between artificial food coloring and childhood behavior problems. Specifically, certain neurological disorders such as attention deficit disorder.

This week, the FDA called a panel to review all the evidence regarding the 'suggested' correlation. In the end, they decided that requiring warning labels on all food with artificial food coloring...read the full article!

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