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Does food coloruing cause ADHD

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The answer is YES and NO.
How is that so?

Artificial food dye may have an effect on children but not for all of them.

Studies suggest that synthetic food dyes are associated with adverse neurobehavioral effects such as
– inattentiveness
– hyperactivity and
– restlessness in sensitive children.

Let’s explore what is hyperactivity.
Hyperactivity refers to a person that moves constantly including in situations that is not appropriate or excessively fidgets, taps or talks.

What are the known causes of hyperactivity?
The most common causes is ADHD.

Hyperactivity is the symptom that sensitive kids tend to exhibit.
– Food colouring have linked to hyperactivity including ADHD, behavioural changes like depression.

Food dyes linked to attention and activity problems in children:
This study shows evidence that there’s a connection between food dye and behavior.
[Link: https://www.ehn.org/food-dyes-children-health-2652857895.html]

So, what can you do to test this out on your child? You can decide to reduce, eliminate, or do nothing about artificial food colors.
You can reduce & eliminate food colouring in your children’s diets.
Here are some strategies that could be useful to eliminate artifical food colours:
1. Read labels: go for food that uses natural food colouring from fruit or vegetable extracts or look for dye-free versions.
2. Homemade foods: You have all the control when making food. So just look out for alternative ingredients using dye-free or natural food dye when you need to get groceries to make your dishes.
3. Look at whole foods: Whole foods are food that has been processed and removed as little as possible and is free from additives or other artificial substances.
4. Find healthy choices: Limit processed foods. It may be hard as children are used to eataing these food but it is not wrong to start somewhere even with little progress. You could talk to your children about food with dyes & why it may not be the best choice for their bodies.