Examining how dyes can worsen food intolerances in kids, trigger autoimmune attacks

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CONTRIBUTED CONTENT — Have you seen a child eat a snow cone or popsicle and noticed their tongue and the skin around their mouth became stained with the dye? That’s because the dye bonds to the proteins in human tissue.

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Unfortunately, this bonding makes the human tissue unrecognizable to the immune system. In a vulnerable individual, this can trigger an autoimmune attack every time the dye is eaten.

Food dyes have other problems. Parents have been noticing food dyes affect their children’s health and behavior since the 1920s, and research finally began in the 1970s. Chemicals in dyes have been linked to ADHD and cancer.

Nevertheless, the consumption of red dye, a particularly problematic dye, has increased by 500% in the last 50 years.

Food dyes are banned in some countries in Europe, or products using them must carry warning labels. If you serve your kids colored treats, look for those made with natural food-based dyes.

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Written by JOSH REDD, chiropractic physician at RedRiver Health and Wellness Center.

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About Josh Redd

Josh Redd, MS, DABFM, DAAIM, is a chiropractic physician and author of the Amazon bestselling book “The Truth About Low Thyroid.” Redd owns seven functional medicine clinics in the western United States and sees patients from across the country and around the world who are suffering from challenging autoimmune, endocrine and neurological disorders.

He studied immunology, virology and epidemiology at Johns Hopkins where he is a MaPHB candidate. He also teaches thousands of health care practitioners about functional medicine and immunology, thyroid health, neurology, lab testing and more.

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