not that long ago i read an article about food dye. something i never really thought much about. i have heard parents say before "red dye 40 makes my child go crazy" and i thought to myself yeah maybe you are crazy...ok i have to admit i am now one of those parents! not to mention, food dye is terrible for you, and that is an under statement! after reading a blog about food dye i said to my husband "i know why lovebug (our 5 year old daughter) has her behavior outburst. once again he looked at me like i was crazy and being the best husband ever he listened and he said "ok honey whatever you want to do i stand behind you!" man i love him!!! well first of all no more yellow food dye!!!! (and red) OMG food dye is horrific. i had no idea how bad it was and what it was made with/from!!! please, please, please read the article, yes i am begging you. did you know that food dye in the uk in banned however not here in the united states!
i will leave you with this...
i spoke with lovebug's teacher this week and she commented on how over the last two weeks lovebug has made huge progress in school especially her writing! she would even go to say that she made the most progress in the last two weeks then she had all year! wow what does that tell you? lovebug is in kindergarten, and has been on grade level all year however the last two weeks has just bloomed!! and that is without any yellow!
lisa
i was so happy to see that stonyfield yogurt uses beets & carrots for color. i wasn't so lucky with the tums i needed. those are filled with dyes.
ReplyDeleteYellow #5 in my jar of jalapeno peppers. sigh.
ReplyDeletecamping mama~ thanks for making all of us aware! it is pretty scary!! just think all for coloring:( my suggestion, try making your own jar of jalapeno peppers! this way you only have to cut and touch the jalapeno's once in awhile rather then every time you want to cook with them. good luck!! i will look into a recipe for you!
ReplyDeletelisa