Food colors caught red-handed

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (7) ◽  
pp. 1267-1269
Author(s):  
Anmol Kulkarni ◽  
Steffen Jung
Keyword(s):  
Food Colors

Diet and Hyperactivity: Is There a Relationship?

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 521-525
Author(s):  
Fredrick J. Stare ◽  
Elizabeth M. Whelan ◽  
Margaret Sheridan
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Food ◽  
Treatment And Prevention ◽  
Noticeable Improvement ◽  
Hyperactive Children ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Artificial Food Colors ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Food Colors ◽  
Popular Books

In 1973 Dr Ben Feingold, a California allergist, proposed that salicylates, artificial flavors, and artificial food colors are a cause of hyperactivity. Dr Feingold recommended a diet free of these substances as both treatment and prevention of the condition. He has published two popular books on the subject, Why Your Child Is Hyperactive (1974) and The Feingold Cookbook for Hyperactive Children (1979). Many parents have adopted the diet for their hyperactive children, and some have reported a noticeable improvement in their child's behavior when the diet was followed. In recent years a number of experiments have been carried out to evaluate the relationship between hyperactivity, salicylates, artificial food colors, and artificial flavors. The data indicate that the symptoms of the vast majority of cases of children labeled "hyperactive" are not related to additives in their diet.

Food Colors: Analysis by TLC/Scanning Densitometry

2005 ◽  
pp. 660-665
Author(s):  
Hisao Oka ◽  
Yuko Ito ◽  
Tomomi Goto
Keyword(s):  
Scanning Densitometry ◽  
Food Colors

Spray Drying for Production of Food Colors from Natural Sources

2019 ◽  
pp. 132-179
Author(s):  
Mehmet Koç ◽  
Feyza Elmas ◽  
Ulaş Baysan ◽  
Hilal Şahin Nadeem ◽  
Figen Kaymak Ertekin
Keyword(s):  
Spray Drying ◽  
Natural Sources ◽  
Food Colors

CAROTENOIDS AS FOOD COLORS

1981 ◽  
pp. 47-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Kläui ◽  
J.C. Bauernfeind
Keyword(s):  
Food Colors

Relative Effects of Drugs and Diet on Hyperactive Behaviors: An Experimental Study

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 811-817 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ivan Williams ◽  
Douglas M. Cram ◽  
Frances T. Tausig ◽  
Evelyn Webster
Keyword(s):  
Food Additives ◽  
Drug Effects ◽  
Teacher Ratings ◽  
Double Blind ◽  
Artificial Food ◽  
Hyperactive Behavior ◽  
Treatment Conditions ◽  
Hyperactive Children ◽  
Artificial Food Colors ◽  
Food Colors

In a test of Feingold's hypothesis that food additives trigger the hyperactive response, 26 hyperactive children were randomly assigned to treatment conditions whereby they were given active or placebo medications in combination with challenge cookies with artificial food colors or control cookies without the additives. The children were crossed over into each of the four treatment conditions and experimental procedures were employed, including double-blind assessments through the completion of behavior checklists, by teachers and parents. Stimulant medications were clearly more effective than diet in reducing hyperactive behavior. The parent ratings indicate strong drug effects and inconclusive diet effects. Drug effects are marked in teacher ratings as well. However, when the children were receiving placebos, their hyperactive behaviors in the classroom were greater when eating cookies with artificial colors than when eating cookies without artificial colors. According to the ratings, approximately seven children were no longer hyperactive. There is evidence to suggest that the behavior of three to eight children was diet-responsive, depending on the criteria used. There is evidence, particularly in teacher ratings, in support of Feingold's hypothesis if it is modified. Further research is required to specify which subtypes of hyperactive children respond to a diet free of artificial food colors.

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