Years of research finally  supports what many parents already knew: Junk foods - loaded with artificial food dyes and preservatives - cause behavioral problems in children.

Research from a   study of 297 children published in The Lancet found a significant number of children became more inattentive, impulsive and hyperactive when given a test drink with artificial additives (The subjects were from the general population, not diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.) In England, where the study was conducted, people are calling for   the additives to be banned from the food supply because the effects can lead to reading and other problems in school.

In the U.S., doctors are   advising parents to   check and possibly change their child's diet  before considering ADHD drugs.

In the February edition of The American Academy of Pediatrics Grand Rounds, two   medical experts   praised the e current research and advised pediatricians to recommend ``a trial of preservative-free, food coloring-free diet'' when a child is hyperactive.

The connection between food additives and behavior was noted   more than 30 years ago by an allergist, Ben Feingold.  He also hypothesized certain children were sensitive to foods with salicylates, compounds similar to aspirin. He recommended trying an elimination diet and documented hundreds of case studies in which behavior improved.

Although rigorous research on the Feingold program  is lacking, current research is substantiating many aspects of it. Fervent believers in  Feingold's methods support and manage the nonprofit Feingold Association. (www.feingold.org). In addition to salicylates, The Feingold Program recommends eliminating from the diet: all artificial (synthetic) colors, listed on the label as ``food coloring'', ``color added'' or by its FDA number, like FD&C Yellow #5 or FD&C Red #40 (both used in the Lancet study); artificial  flavors listed as ``flavoring'' or ``artificial flavoring'' or artificial vanilla (vanillin); aspartame (an artificial sweetener); and three preservatives, BHA, BHT, and TBHQ - already removed from most food for children in the U.K.

Many children's cereals contain BHT and artificial colors but Cheerios, Honey Nut Cheerios, Kashi, Barbara's, and Trader Joe's brands do not. Yogurts, like Stonyfield or Trader   Joe's do not have artificial colors. Plain tortilla or potato chips trump artificially colored Doritos,  barbeque potato chips or orange cheese curls. Choose clear  Gatorade, Capri Sun Sport, or   dilute natural juice (in half) with water for young athletes. Dye-free Motrin or Benadryl are also available now.

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Anonymous   |2008-11-23 11:26:44 awesome, this is good advice all around my 5 year old daughter used to be really picky and neurotic about things such as food being cut to the "right size" or "right shape" and every night at dinner she had a meltdown we took her off the "sugar-free" aspartame garbage and she had GI problems for like 3 days, then got over it now we have no more meltdowns at dinner and she is not worried about the shapes of her pieces of food since then we have also gotten away from high-fructose corn syrup, MSG, white bread, and most artificially colored food the result: we are healthier as a family. my wife has dropped some weight, my little girl is doing a lot better, and we rarely have colds or flu here is an example: i cut trees as a side job, climbing with spurs and a belt and cutting top-down. broke a spur strap a few weeks ago on the way down a tree and ended up having to grab the trunk and slide down faster than is safe. it scraped the hell out of the inside of both arms and removed the skin in large patches on both forearms 3 days later the skin was healed, all you could see was pink new skin to show where it had been missing and the few deep gashes that were scabbed over. the whole thing was healed a week later that didn't used to happen that way whole food is the way to go. avoid the chemical poisons Reply | Quote

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