More Info on Food Additives and ADHD
After the new and important study came out in the Lancet this past week, drawing a connection to food additives and ADD or ADHD, a number of experts are weighing in on the issue.
I just came across this interview between Newsweek and Dr. E. Arnold - and expert and researcher in ADHD. He shares some important insights, which will be helpful to you in understanding the importance of these issues. To read the full article, visit here.
Here are a few of the important issues that Dr. Arnold shared:
- There is a big difference between food coloring and preservatives. The colors just make the ‘junk food’ look better, and aren’t that important, but the preservatives play an important role in keeping foods safe - i.e. free from bacteria.
- To get the food industry to stop using food dyes, it would likely have to be forced on everyone at the same time, or a company would lose a lot of business if they were the only ones producing candy that didn’t look bright and delicious.
- Dr. Arnold also explained that although there has been an increase in food additives in the past few years, and there has been an increase in the number of people diagnosed with ADHD, you can’t necessarily draw a causal relationship between these.
To read the whole story, visit here.
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Written by Dr. Kenny Handelman - The ADHD Doctor
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April 20th, 2008 at 11:40 am
While it’s true that asking the food industry to drop additives is unlikely to have any effect, people can do the work of cooking and preparing their own food. It takes time, but if you are suffering from ADHD and / or ADD, isn’t it worth the work? It’s also important to know which “healthy” foods tend to cause ADHD symptoms. Simple foods like apples, grapes, and tomatoes can wreak havoc not just on the person with ADHD, but also on all of the people around them: their family, friends, co-workers, teachers, and other students.
Bill Moyers of PBS has done some excellent work investigating environmental toxins and their effects on children. Here’s one link: http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript117_full.html. He also headed a documentary covering scientific evidence of pre-natal exposure to airborne toxins causing asthma, adhd, and an increased likelihood of childhood cancer.