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Kids with ADHD...Ugh.

Sam, look for anything that could contain Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Red 40, Red 3, Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3, Orange B. They're thought to cause hyperactivity, with yellow and red being the worst.
One of my friends can literally climb walls if she eats or drinks something with red 40 in it. When she was a kid, her parents couldn't figure out why she was so hyper and disruptive in school. It ended up being the cherry jello they were packing in her lunch. They stopped and she calmed down a good bit.
 
I agree with the above mentioned to cautions about artificial food coloring.

My son has a physical allergic reaction to red number 40 and has a behavioral reaction to blue and green food coloring. Have to buy everything at whole foods for him where most of everything is natural food coloring and have to be extra cautious of some products that don't always list every ingredient.

I have to admit, him and I share the blue behavioral reaction, turn into the hulk whenever we have something with a lot of blue artificial coloring.
 
Some may disagree, but i have been told that some natural flavours are just as bad as the numbered ones.
When my neice was trying to figure out what set her boy off, she made sure she only introduced one thing at a time, as the cost of a totally natural diet nearly broke them.
His main problem was 212, what everyone sees as an issue.
I believe the usfda has banned it there but in oz big business rules and it is still in foods
 
"scedd" said:
Some may disagree, but i have been told that some natural flavours are just as bad as the numbered ones.
When my neice was trying to figure out what set her boy off, she made sure she only introduced one thing at a time, as the cost of a totally natural diet nearly broke them.
His main problem was 212, what everyone sees as an issue.
I believe the usfda has banned it there but in oz big business rules and it is still in foods
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Who would have thought all natural would be so expensive, it really is. In regards to my little boy, we try to keep him away from anything red, natural or not.

We did the exact same thing you are talking about scedd, introducing one thing at a time. The initial incident had a red velvet cupcake as the trigger that sent him to the ER. Still have to keep him away from ingredients like carmine but life has become much easier now that we know what to be aware of to avoid any unnecessary trips to the hospital. Places like Whole Foods are pricey but I try to shop there as much as possible anyways, the peace of mind is well worth it.
 
"Gigantopithecus" said:
Also, the preservative sodium benzoate, is thought to cause hyperactivity.
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I'm going to have to look into this one now. Hadn't heard of that.
We already try to avoid the food colors.

On another note. We are keeping him from school tomorrow as he was almost kicked out today for running in class, pulling the pants down of another kid, stealing the lunchbox and running away of still another kid and going back into the classroom for a drink during a fire drill. All relatively minor to the casual observance but it's constant and disruptive to the rest of the class. Hope the new meds will help. He starts tomorrow.
 
"Gigantopithecus" said:
Sam, look for anything that could contain Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Red 40, Red 3, Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3, Orange B. They're thought to cause hyperactivity, with yellow and red being the worst.
One of my friends can literally climb walls if she eats or drinks something with red 40 in it. When she was a kid, her parents couldn't figure out why she was so hyper and disruptive in school. It ended up being the cherry jello they were packing in her lunch. They stopped and she calmed down a good bit.
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Would you believe that almost every single one of those food colorings is in Fruit Loops, my 6 year old's favorite cereal!!

My 4 year old only eats cheerios, no food coloring at all.

Of course, they are night and day different in personality and behavior too, independent of the cereal.
 
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