The effects of artificial colors on impulsivity, inattentiveness, and hyperactivity among young children.
Are Artificial Colors Bad for You?
Doctor's Note
Check out these videos for more on the health impacts of artificial coloring :
Artificial Food Colors and ADHD
Is Caramel Color Carcinogenic?
Seeing Red No. 3: Coloring to Dye For
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For further context, also see my associated blog posts: Food Dyes and ADHD; Vitamin B12: how much, how often?; and Should We Avoid Titanium Dioxide?
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what is one of the most harmful food dye? red 40, yellow 6 or niether?
Here are a list of the dyes and health conditions associated with each.
http://www.cspinet.org/reports/chemcuisine.htm#blue2
so… those adderall/dexies pills and even now vyvanse ( and even some other colorful pills on the market like various xanax generics) could actually be causing the very thing they are supposedly treating? That little blue pill for erectile dysfunction may be fun for the night but could most likely attribute to headaches next morning due to that blue artificial dye.
This is very disturbing news indeed.
Long live Michael Greger M.D.