Red Dye

My niece has had allergic reactions to Red Dye #40, where she completely avoided it for a while. The doctor did mention to my sister that sometimes children can react to that through their behavior, as well. Very interesting... Oh, and amazing to know the things that contain Red Dye #40....Crescent Rolls to name one of the oddest!! She recently began introducing it again in her diet (in small, controlled amounts) and does notice in the behavior a connection between them.

So, her experience and what she was told certainly supports what you wrote. I had never heard that until she told me.

ADHD runs in my family and we found out that Red dye set my nephew off terribly. He would literally climb the walls. My sister had to start reading the ingredients of everything, including medicine. You would be surprised what all has red dye in it. He's now in college and reads the ingredients his self - he knows what ingesting red dye does to his system. It's evil stuff (lol).

I did not know it was linked to night terrors but when I was a girl scout co leader one of the girl was allergic to red dye. She would get REALLY bad and out of control if she had it.

M.
mom to christina 16
Isabella, Logan and Brody 5

Good information, thanks for sharing!

Wow.. thanks for sharing. That doesn't surprise me at all. I am pretty picky about high fructose corn syrup and artificial sweeters. When I cut them out of my diet, I can tell now a difference in my mood if I have them.

I have heard of reactions to Red Dye, and it's always good to hear some specifics...thanks!

L.

Yes, there is also a link with Red dye and ADD and ADHD! I try feed my kids as natural as possible--but it's hard!

I'm not surprised. My daughter's hands would break out in a rash if she washed them w/ blue or green soap (restaurant soap) for a while.
A. H