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I may see Red at times, but I don't wear Yellow

by Kylie Hollonds

I love red and yellow, but not artificially in my food.

As I sat with some friends the other night, out came a packet of “yellow” coloured delicious looking, smelling, flavoured crisps.

I am sure I don't need to refer to any brands on this occasion, I am sure you all know the packets I may be referring to.

Someone commented that their child, and I quote, “goes nuts” if they eat any of these crisps coloured with yellow.

"Really" I replied,"Do you know why? "

Well, I was surprised to know she didn’t, they had just done their own assessment of their child’s varying behaviour and concluded that these little yellow crisps were indeed the enemy that possessed their gorgeous girl temporarily.

As much as I love the colour yellow, I do not buy anything that has a certain set of numbers on the packet and that refer to the colour yellow.

In fact after conducting some Hair Analysis Food Allergy Testing, I found that my youngest son was suffering stomach cramps from eating foods with food colouring.

These can be identified on food labels as 102 & E102 Tartrazine, 104 & E104 Quinoline Yellow, 110 & E110 Sunset Yellow FCF (Yellow No.6).

Tartrazine is an artificial colour 102 & E102.

Commonly found in products which include confectionery, cotton candy, soft drinks, energy drinks, instant puddings, flavoured corn chips, cereals (corn flakes, muesli, etc.), cake mixes, pastries, custard powder, yellow popcorn, soups (particularly instant or "cube" soups), sauces, some rices (like paella, risotto, etc.), powdered drink mixes, sports drinks, ice cream, ice pops, candy, marshmallow treats, chewing gum, marzipan, jam, jelly, gelatins, marmalade, mustard, horseradish, yogurt, noodles, pickles and other pickled products, certain brands of fruit squash, fruit cordial, potato chips, biscuits, and many convenience foods together with glycerine, lemon and honey products.

Tartrazine appears to cause the most allergic and intolerance reactions of all the artificial colours.

Some side effects are hyperactivity in children, with reference to my friends quote that her child “ goes nuts”, asthma, associated with causing cancer, hyper agitation and confusion, skin reactions, and other associated allergic symptoms.

The FDA states that over 100,000 people are allergic to tartrazine. U.K. studies have shown that 79% of hyperactive children are allergic to tartrazine. It is believed to cause allergic reactions in 15% of the total population.
 

A 1994 study at the University of Melbourne suggested that children previously identified as hyperactive may exhibit an increase in irritability, restlessness, and sleep disturbance after ingesting tartrazine.
 

Tartrazine is in fact totally banned as an ingredient from foods in Norway and Finland and is heavily restricted in Austria, Sweden and Germany.

Australia and the US simply require the foods to list this toxin on their ingredients panel.
 

Quinoline Yellow commonly labelled as 104,E104, 107 & E107 Yellow 2G is also an artificial colouring.

It is implicated in bladder cancer, liver cancer and sarcomas. (In hair dyes, tartrazine is absorbed through the skin.) Causes asthma, rashes and hyperactivity. It also enlarges the kidneys.
 

104 & 104E are Banned in the U.S.A., Japan and Norway.
 

107 & E107 has not been permitted in Australia since 1992 and is banned in the U.S.A., Austria, Belgium, France, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany and Japan.

Finally 110 & E110 Sunset Yellow FCF (Yellow No.6)
 

One in 1000 are allergic to Sunset Yellow which is associated again with many of the already mentioned conditions and symptoms. It is completely banned in U.K., Norway, Finland and Sweden
 

Professor Jim Stevenson from Southampton University, and author of the report, said: "This has been a major study investigating an important area of research. The results suggest that consumption of certain mixtures of artificial food colours and sodium benzoate preservative are associated with increases in hyperactive behaviour in children.:

References: Wikipedia, Dr Mercola, Better Living Resources, Fed up with food intolerances