The Red Dye Free Store - Where to find products without synthetic Dyes

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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Have I gone Red Dye 40 mad?

Are you wondering why I have spent so much time creating a blog all about stupid food coloring additives - such as red dye 40? Have you wondered what it is I hope to gain from this? I have often thought that people might just think I am some health nut on a mission to force her views on others. I assure you that I am neither. I am just a parent who found out that I could have spent the other two dye-induced years of my children's lives much more peacefully if I had only known the truth about artificial colors - namely red dye 40.
Red dye 40, for my children and myself, may in fact be a neurotoxin that immediately changes the way we feel. It is perhaps a dye-induced toxin that makes us more sensitive, easily frustrated, alters our perception of things, we feel short tempered, and feel like acting in an aggressive manner. For my children, those feelings are difficult to control. If I get that way just by eating foods with red dye 40 in it, I have to think isn't that like a drug of some sort? I mean, for millions of American's who react the same way, doesn't that upset you? I know there are many people who might not have a clue as to why they feel so edgy and many others who just don't feel the emotional effects, but I speculate that it can be doing something to your body that isn't healthy.
Personally, I have nothing to gain by doing this blog other than share the news. Maybe one more person will find out what is bothering them or their children before too much time is lost. If you come across a request to remove artificial dyes from school snacks or lunches, be grateful too that your child who might not be visibly effected is able to sit peacefully by other children who are sensitive to red dye 40. I am grateful for having my children back. I hope this reaches the rest of you in good time!

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