Study proves food dyes and preservatives cause Hyperactivity

This month a study was published in the respected medical journal, The Lancet.

The study was commissioned by British Food Standards Agency after several other studies showed that food colorings and other additives caused children to exhibit hyperactive behavior.

Tests on more than 300 children showed significant changes in their behavior after they drank fruit drinks tainted with a mixture of food colorings and preservatives.

Researchers said. "These findings show that adverse effects are not just seen in children with extreme hyperactivity.

The link and brief text are below. You have to have a subscription to read the whole study. But the news was heard around the world.

However, did we really need another study to confirm what parents and other care givers already know?

The question now is: How do we help the millions of children falsely labeled with ADHD who have been taking mind-altering drugs?

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Food additives linked to increased hyperactivity in children
Artificial food colour and additives commonly found in children's food exacerbate hyperactive behaviours in children, at least up to middle childhood, according to a research article. Importantly, these adverse effects are reported in children in the general population and across a wide range of severities of hyperactivity, and not just in those with extreme hyperactivity as established in previous studies.