Many of us have kids who have ADHD in addition to other problems. WHen it was first diagnosed many docs implicated things added to food, esp food coloring. At least that was the first treatment that was given to the first kid I knew who had adhd. It was a friend's little bro and he had really severe problems for that time.
I haven't heard a doctor EVER mention food or food additives other than 'too much sugar' in talking about adhd with us. When I asked I was told that it really isn't a big deal.
Then there was an article on a health related website that I just ran across. It listed 9 food additives that can affect adhd. Only one was NOT a food color!! Maybe it is silly of me, but I was surprised. i have gotten a LOT of heat from other parents for cutting as much food color as I can out of our diets. I have been told that making our own mixes for foods like cakes, pancakes, even taco seasoning is overkill and "extremist". I have even been ridiculed for it by people in my hometown, some of them after I have given gifts of homemade mixes. Of course that hurt, but it also gave me doubts.
I know that they trigger my migraines and Jessies. Not so much thank you, but he doesn't get them unless the weather changes drasticaly in a short time. I know none of you have made fun, that isn't the point of this.
I just wanted to share this because if I haven't ever had a doctor say they are a problem I am not sure you have. I don't know why some docs are reluctant to say that things added to our foods cause no problems, but they are do unless a big stink is made. I ahve even had docs in the last five years tell me that MSG does NOT trigger migraines, that it is all imaginary and all I need to do is to tell myself I won't get a migraine and then I can eat it by the spoonful if I want. I don't, of course, and I know the guy has a bigger beak than Donald Duck cause I have heard his quackery.
Anyway, here is the link if you want to look at the article. Sodium benzoate is a preservative and the only item mentioned that is not an artificial food color. http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20439038_1,00.html
I haven't heard a doctor EVER mention food or food additives other than 'too much sugar' in talking about adhd with us. When I asked I was told that it really isn't a big deal.
Then there was an article on a health related website that I just ran across. It listed 9 food additives that can affect adhd. Only one was NOT a food color!! Maybe it is silly of me, but I was surprised. i have gotten a LOT of heat from other parents for cutting as much food color as I can out of our diets. I have been told that making our own mixes for foods like cakes, pancakes, even taco seasoning is overkill and "extremist". I have even been ridiculed for it by people in my hometown, some of them after I have given gifts of homemade mixes. Of course that hurt, but it also gave me doubts.
I know that they trigger my migraines and Jessies. Not so much thank you, but he doesn't get them unless the weather changes drasticaly in a short time. I know none of you have made fun, that isn't the point of this.
I just wanted to share this because if I haven't ever had a doctor say they are a problem I am not sure you have. I don't know why some docs are reluctant to say that things added to our foods cause no problems, but they are do unless a big stink is made. I ahve even had docs in the last five years tell me that MSG does NOT trigger migraines, that it is all imaginary and all I need to do is to tell myself I won't get a migraine and then I can eat it by the spoonful if I want. I don't, of course, and I know the guy has a bigger beak than Donald Duck cause I have heard his quackery.
Anyway, here is the link if you want to look at the article. Sodium benzoate is a preservative and the only item mentioned that is not an artificial food color. http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20439038_1,00.html