How Food Dyes Effect Child Behavior and How to Manage It?

preservatives or food colours are not safe for children. Our children are addicted to chocolates, candies and similar stuff which may cause fueling disruptive behaviour, restlessness and lack of concentration.

Hyperactivity is a general term used to describe behavioural difficulties affecting learning, memory, movement, language, emotional responses and sleep patterns. ADHD is more than just hyperactive behaviour. Research funded by the FSA has suggested that consumption of mixes of certain artificial food colours and the preservative sodium benzoate could be linked to increased hyperactivity in some children.How to manage it? If your child shows signs of hyperactivity, or if on the basis of this information you have concerns, you might choose to avoid giving your child food and drinks containing the following artificial colours:

• sunset yellow FCF (E110)
• quinoline yellow (E104)
• carmoisine (E122)
• allura red (E129)
• tartrazine (E102)
• ponceau 4R (E124)

These colours are used in a wide range of foods that tend to be brightly coloured, including some soft drinks, sweets, cakes and ice cream. Parents may wish to check the labels of brightly coloured foods if they want to avoid certain colours.For details: FSA advice to parents on food colours and hyperactivity Useful links:* Download FREE 20 page PDF report: "A Parent's Guide to Diet,ADHD & Behaviour" * Food colours are linked with hyperactivity of your child * Foods containing artificial food dyes must have warning label in Europe * Hyperactivity: The Food Additives Argument

* Food Manufacturers Ban Food Dyes in Europe to Protect Kids, but Not in the U.S.

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