Are Food Additives Making Kids Hyper?
It would seem a no-brainer, given the old "you are what you eat" adage, that those scary-sounding and clearly unnatural ingredients added to a wide range of foodstuffs might have some impact on children's health. A team of British researchers from the University of Southampton believes that could be the case.
It would seem a no-brainer, given the old “you are what you eat” adage, that those scary-sounding and clearly unnatural ingredients added to a wide range of foodstuffs might have some impact on children’s health. A team of British researchers from the University of Southampton believes that could be the case.
Dig, Root, GrowNew York Times:
It was the first time researchers conclusively and scientifically confirmed a link that had long been suspected by many parents. Numerous support groups for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have for years recommended removing such ingredients from diets, although experts have continued to debate the evidence.
But the new, carefully controlled study shows that some artificial additives increase hyperactivity and decrease attention span in a wide range of children, not just those for whom overactivity has been diagnosed as a learning problem.
The new research, which was financed by Britain’s Food Standards Agency and published online by the British medical journal The Lancet, presents regulators with a number of issues: Should foods containing preservatives and artificial colors carry warning labels? Should some additives be prohibited entirely? Should school cafeterias remove foods with additives?
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