Artificially Colored Foods May Soon Carry Hyperactivity Warning Labels

After denying a potential link between artificial food coloring and behavior problems for years, the federal government may be reversing its stance. The Food and Drug Administration will hold hearings on the subject for the first time to determine whether the additives found in brightly colored foods, such as Fruit Loops, Jell-O and Twinkies, may exacerbate conditions like hyperactivity disorder in some kids.

Though the FDA isn't likely to change its tune on artificial coloring in the near future, RIFT Platinum the fact that it has gathered an advisory expert panel together to review the matter Wednesday and Thursday could foreshadow an eventual shift in policy.

That could involve a mandate that artificially-colored foods and drinks carry warning labels saying that children who already have behavioral health problems may get worse if they consume them.

The FDA advisory committee will examine the existing data and decide whether there is a connection between hyperactivity and dyes including Yellow 5, Red 40 and six others.

Up until now, the agency has said there's no evidence of a link, rift gold but added that "certain susceptible children" be may affected by the coloring and other additives found in what they eat and drink.

Though kids without the disorder won't be affected by the coloring, those with it might experience hyperactivity that is "exacerbated by exposure to a number of substances in food, including, but not limited to, synthetic color additives," FDA scientists wrote in a report.

The meeting is the result of a petition filed in 2008 by Center for Science in the Public Interest, an advocacy group, calling for a ban on eight different food dyes.

But could it all be just a myth?

California pediatrician Dr. RIFT Platinum Lawrence Diller told The New York Times that there is little to no proof of a relationship between kids' diets and behavioral disorders.

"There are urban legends that won't die," he said.

Some parents, on the other hand, swear they've seen a cause-and-effect between artificial food coloring and behavior problems.
Rift Gold New York state mother Renee Shutters said her 5-year-old son stopped acting out at school when she no longer gave him artificially colored sweets.

"I know for sure I found the root cause of this one," she told the paper, "because you can turn it on and off like a switch."

The organization that filed the petition said the ban is important since some parents aren't aware their kids might be at risk.

"The appropriate public health approach is to remove those dangerous and unnecessary substances from the food supply," the center wrote.