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Food Dyes and Additives Found to be Unsafe – Linked to ADHD & Cancer
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Dr. Michelle Kmiec/ Wake Up World
Natural and alternative health advocates have long known that artificial (synthetic) food additives have had a negative effect on human health.
Currently, although links have been made between consumption of food additives and increased hyperactivity (as well as cancer, chromosomal damage and other adverse affects), the FDA continues to drag its feet by still maintaining its stance that the results of such findings are “inconclusive” and continuing to recommend the use of ADHD drugs, while allowing the use of these dangerous additives.
Common Food Dyes & Additives
The use of unnatural substances to give food the appearance of something natural is a strange concept indeed. In the USA, there are seven artificial colorings that are permitted by the FDA. They are:
• FD&C Blue No. 1 – Brilliant Blue FCF, E133 (blue shade)
• FD&C Blue No. 2 – Indigotine, E132 (indigo shade)
• FD&C Green No. 3 – Fast Green FCF, E143 (turquoise shade)
• FD&C Red No. 40 – Allura Red AC, E129 (red shade)
• FD&C Red No. 3 – Erythrosine, E127 (pink shade, commonly used in glacé cherries)
• FD&C Yellow No. 5 – Tartrazine, E102 (yellow shade)
• FD&C Yellow No. 6 – Sunset Yellow FCF, E110 (orange shade)
In recent years, others such as FD&C Red No. 2, FD&C Red No. 4, and FD&C Red No. 32 (to name a few) were banned for use due to ill effects on human health.
The FDA is Confused
However, the Food and Drug Administration is confused, and a bit confusing. In 2006 it released a statement that “FDA officials recommend stronger warnings for ADHD drugs”. Kate Gelperin, a drug-safety expert at the FDA, told members of the agency’s Pediatric Advisory Committee in a daylong meeting; “We recommend that these issues be addressed”. She said regulators were struck by a surprising number of cases of “hallucinations, both visual and tactile, involving insects, snakes and worms”, characterizing the tales as “particularly traumatic and undesirable”.
Source: http://truthisscary.com/2014/11/food-dyes-and-additives-found-to-be-unsafe-linked-to-adhd-cancer/
