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Default My disgust with godiva chocolates

Mark Thorson wrote:
> wrote:
> >
> > Mark Thorson wrote:
> > > Like what? Why don't you quote the best evidence
> > > they have that Red 40 is carcinogenic?

> >
> > The evidence against Red 40 is pretty cut-and-dry.
> > It convinced a lot of European governments.

>
> But you can't quote any of it?
>
> Is the best evidence against Red 40
> the unsupported assertions of a
> scaremongering website?


You and the boron guy seem to be advocates of the additive-laden
food industry. Here's a peer-reviewed article where the authors
examined
various studies of food dyes and their impact on behavior. This study
is from Columbia University:


Schab DW, Trinh NH. Do artificial food colors promote hyperactivity in
children with hyperactive syndromes? A meta-analysis of double-blind
placebo-controlled trials.
J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2004 Dec;25(6):423-34. Columbia University,
Department of Psychiatry & The New York State Psychiatric Institute,
New York, New York 10032, USA.
ABSTRACT:
Burgeoning estimates of the prevalence of childhood
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) raise the possibility
of a widespread risk factor. We seek to assess whether artificial food
colorings (AFCs) contribute to the behavioral symptomatology of
hyperactive syndromes. We searched ten electronic databases for
double-blind placebo-controlled trials evaluating the effects of AFCs.
Fifteen trials met the primary inclusion criteria. Meta-analytic
modeling determined the overall effect size of AFCs on hyperactivity to
be 0.283 (95% CI, 0.079 to 0.488), falling to 0.210 (95% CI, 0.007 to
0.414) when the smallest and lowest quality trials were excluded.
Trials screening for responsiveness before enrollment demonstrated the
greatest effects. Despite indications of publication bias and other
limitations, this study is consistent with accumulating evidence that
neurobehavioral toxicity may characterize a variety of widely
distributed chemicals. Improvement in the identification of responders
is required before strong clinical recommendations can be made.


Once again, think twice and thrice before feeding your kids Mountain
Dew soda, Sunkist or other orange-colored soda, Artificial
cherry-flavored soda, or bottled salad dressing containing the
infamous sequestering agent calcium disodium EDTA (a known
kidney toxin).

--alf

 
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