Cough syrup is under attack, and rightly so. Parents’ organizations have been concerned about the hallucinogen dextromethorphan (DM), an ingredient in several popular over the counter cough remedies, which has created a subculture of teens and preteens who get high on cough medicine. Moreover a recent study published in the journal Pediatrics reported that neither dextromethorphan nor diphenhydramine (another popular ingredient) was more effective than placebo in improving the nighttime cough or sleep of 100 youngsters with upper-respiratory infections.

Setting limits

The American College of Chest Physicians has issued guidelines strongly urging that over-the-counter cough and cold medications not be used for children younger than 14. The FDA warned parents not to give non-prescription cough and cold medicines to children under two years of age.

A better alternative

Spice Syrup adds plant oils to a maple syrup base, specifically clove bud oil, coriander oil, peppermint oil, nutmeg oil, white thyme oil, and fennel oil. All of these oils possess powerful anti-bacterial properties, and are effective against most of the 25 strains of bacteria. The bottom line is that many plant oils are better than prescription antibiotics in terms of efficacy, safety, and resistance. The maple syrup is soothing, and the plant oils kill bacteria. But even if you are not coughing, the formula is very effective for sore throats and germ-caused bad breath. In the stomach safe healthy Spice Syrup combats food poisoning from Salmonella and in the intestine it kills parasites. Spice Syrup can also be applied topically as a disinfectant on cuts, or on a fungal infection.

How germs spread

The two main ways that germs are spread are: (1) by contact, (2) in a droplet or through very small remains of droplets that float in the air. Contact transmission is the most common way that germs are spread. Droplet transmission happens when germs are spread in a tiny drop of liquid. When a person talks, sings, coughs or sneezes, thousands of invisible droplets are created. These often germ-laden droplets can be broadcast as far as three feet through the air from the person who is doing the sneezing. The droplets may land in another person’s eyes, nose or mouth. But it doesn’t end there. The invisible droplets can be carried by wind for hundreds, even thousands of miles.

Safe healthy Spice Syrup

The point is, you don’t have to be near the person who is sneezing or coughing. That’s why it’s important to take Spice Syrup, not just when you have a cold or a cough, but at the very first sign of a sore throat or a cold. Be attentive, act quickly and you will nip a cold in the bud. Choose Spice Syrup and you have a powerful, safe, proven, protection against illness. As opposed to the big drug companies’ commercial brands, mostly ineffective and many of which are laced with the hallucinogenic drug, dextromethoriphan.

The American people, desperate for a cancer cure, contribute millions of dollars each year to the American Cancer Society. Sadly, only about 15 percent of this money goes directly into programs for cancer patients. The lion’s share goes to overhead and drug research, which means that the American Cancer Society is in fact a gravy train for research facilities, pharmaceutical companies, bureaucrats and lobbyists.

False claims of progress

Claims of progress in the fight against cancer are false, and the statistics are skewed. The Cancer Establishment’s statistics include many people with benign diseases, and patients in remission for more than five years are listed as cured, even though a large percentage of these supposedly cured patients will die from cancer, or ironically, from toxic therapies, after the five years.

Lead-time Bias

Lead-time is the length of time between the point at which a cancer is detected by current technology and the point at which it was previously have been clinically detected using yesterdays technology. Lead-time bias accounts for the majority of the illusory “improvement” seen over the last few decades in treating breast, prostate, and a few other kinds of cancer. Lead-time bias makes the statistics look much better because the sooner you find the cancer the longer the patient survives after the discovery has been made.

Toxic cures

A striking example of a toxic therapy is the breast cancer drug Tamoxifen, a widely prescribed drug for prevention of cancer in at risk women and treating existing cancers. Unfortunately Tamoxifen is highly carcinogenic itself, causing high incidences of uterine and liver cancer not only in already ill women, but also in healthy women who are urged to take Tamoxifen for prevention.

Petrochemical poisoning

Runaway cancer rates correspond precisely to the rise of the petrochemical industry after the Second World War, when massive pesticide use promised better, cleaner yields of food to feed the growing masses. Between 1940 and 1990, total annual production of synthetic agricultural chemicals went from 1 billion to over 600 billion pounds. Despite this horrendous cancer epidemic, the Cancer Establishment has shown no inclination to focus on the real culprits, namely poor diet and the poisoning of the planet by the petrochemical industries. Instead of preventing disaster, the focus stays on highly profitable and toxic therapies such as Tamoxifen.

Time to think outside of the box

Since finding the cure for cancer would put the pharmaceutical industry out of business and would end the careers of countless doctors and so called researchers, it is in their interest suppress all knowledge of real, proven cancer cures that do exist and have existed for thousands of years. But we don’t necessarily have to go along with that. We don’t have to continue to be Big Pharma’s willing puppets. It’s time to think outside of the box. Instead of supporting the American Cancer Society, you can support research dealing with alternative medicine and folk wisdom. Because it is in precisely this direction that we must turn if we are to find the long-awaited cure for cancer.

Osteoporosis is a disease that weakens bones, decreasing their density and making them prone to fractures. If significant bone loss occurs, hips, ribs, and wrist bones can break easily. The fractures from osteoporosis can be painful and disfiguring. There is no cure for osteoporosis. We think of osteoporosis as occurring in old age, and this is true. But guess what? Osteoporosis has its inception in childhood—the result of poor eating habits.

Bones are building blocks

Bones are the building blocks of your child’s developing body. During childhood and adolescence the skeleton grows in size and density. For most people, the amount of bone tissue in the skeleton (known as bone mass) peaks by their late twenties. At that point, bones have reached their maximum strength and density.

Peak bone mass is influenced to a great extent by two factors: nutrition and physical activity.

Calcium, magnesium and vitamins C and D

Are your kids getting enough calcium? Calcium is an essential nutrient for bone health. A well-balanced diet, including adequate amounts of vitamins and minerals such as magnesium, zinc, and vitamin D, is also extremely important for bone health. Calcium is found in many foods, but the most common source is milk and other dairy products. Sources of calcium also might include an ounce or two of cheese on a pizza or a cheeseburger, a cup of calcium-enriched orange juice, or a small serving of yogurt. Your kids can also get calcium from dark green, leafy vegetables like kale, Swiss chard or beet greens, or foods such as broccoli, almonds and tortillas.

Exercise is important

Muscles get stronger when we use them. The same principle applies to bones: the more work they do, the stronger they get. Any kind of physical exercise is great for your kids, but the best exercises for their bones are weight-bearing activities such as walking, running, hiking, dancing, tennis, basketball, gymnastics, weight lifting and soccer. Encourage your kids to spend less time sitting in front of the television and more time on their feet and moving. A lifelong love of physical activity is one of the best gifts you can give to your children.

Remember, children who learn good eating and exercise habits by their preteen years are more likely to carry these habits with them for the rest of their lives. The best way to encourage healthy habits in your children? Be a good role model yourself.

Bromide Dominance Theory
How Competitive Inhibition Causes Iodine Deficiency

A bromide dominance condition may develop when bromide,
acquired through environmental, occupational, iatrogenic or dietary
exposure, causes bromide levels in the body to rise high enough to
inhibit iodine enzyme metabolism.

Iodine supplementation alters the competitive bromide-iodine
relationship causing bromide excretion. Thus, bromide dominance is
diminished and proper iodine enzyme metabolism may be restored.

In the toxic 21st Century, these questions must be raised:

Would we have such a severe iodine deficiency without bromide dominance?

If iodine deficiency is the underlying cause of many diseases,
is bromide “the underlying cause of the underlying cause?”

Is bromide dominance creating a public health crisis?

Where Does Bromide Dominance Come From?

Bromide is an insidious, additive used in many common products, and as a pesticide. Because of the sheer amount of bromide-supplemented products, exposure to this man-made additive has caused a depletion of iodine in human populations. Studies in lab animals provide alarming evidence that even small amounts of bromide exposure can be toxic. (1)

What products contain bromide?

Currently, bromide is found in pesticides (methyl bromide), some bread products (potassium bromate), brominated vegetable oil that may be added to citrus-flavored drinks, hot tub cleansers, certain asthma inhalers and prescription drugs, plastic products, some personal care products, and some fabric dyes.

PBDE (bromide) fire retardants have been added to mattresses, carpeting, electronics, furniture, car interiors and other products since 1970. These products disperse toxic bromide dust.

BPDEs are banned in many countries outside the US.

Effects of Bromide on the Organs

Iodine depletion weakens the thyroid and other organs. (2)(3)(4)(5)(6) In individuals where the bromide-iodine ratio is less, bromide may not be problematic.

Thyroid

Elevated bromide levels have been implicated in every thyroid disease, from simple hypothyroidism to auto-immune diseases to thyroid cancer. Malenchenko found bromide levels 50 times higher in thyroid cancer than normal thyroid tissue. (7)

Rats fed even the minimal amount of bromine expected to be encountered in the environment underwent goiter-like changes (8), an arguable case of bromide dominance. In the FIRE project, exposing rats to the brominated flame retardant compound, bromocyclodecane, showed consistent effects on the thyroid hormone axis, including decreased T4. Thyroid gland cells have increased size and larger nuclei, indicating increased synthetic activity. (9)

With enhanced intake of bromide, fully one-third of the iodine content in the thyroids of rats was replaced by bromide. (10)

Skin

Skin biopsied from a woman who had been on bromide-containing sedatives for nearly four years found increased bromide in normal skin and three times that in an affected skin lesion. (11)

An infant administered a syrup containing sodium bromide developed vegetative lesions on the face and scalp. (12)

Technicians exposed to brominated compounds for prolonged periods developed multiple cherry angiomas on the trunk and extremities. (12)

Mental

The psychiatry literature abounds with cases of elevated bromide levels being implicated in mental conditions from depression to schizophrenia. (14)(15)(16) As Guy Abraham, MD, asks, “How many people with misdiagnosed bromism are currently treated with psychiatric drugs?”(17) Bromide was used to suppress women’s sex drive in the 1950s.

Hearing

Potassium bromate, a bread additive, is known to cause renal damage and permanent deafness in animals and man. (18) In the FIRE project, the most relevant effect on exposing rats to 28 days to the brominated flame retardant compound, tetrabromobisphenol-A, was hearing. Specifically, the lower frequency range was affected . (19)

Kidneys

The ability of bromate to cause cancer, especially kidney cancer, is a significant health concern. (20) The gene expression in kidneys in rats given a high dose 100-week potassium bromate in their drinking water showed marked gene expression difference from the lower non-cancer dose. The high dose kidney gene expression resembled an adenoma-like expression pattern. (21)

BROMIDE IN PRODUCTS

BREAD

Potassium bromate as an additive to most commercial bread and baked goods probably provides the most egregious contribution to bromide overload in Western cultures.

Bromated flour is product “enriched” with potassium bromate. Some commercial bakers claim they use bromated flour because it yields dependable results, and it makes more elastic dough which can stand up to bread hooks and other commercial baking tools. (22) However, Pepperidge Farm manages to use only unbromated flour with excellent results.

NOTE ON BANNING POTASSIUM BROMATE IN BREAD:

The UK banned bromate in bread in 1990. Canada banned bromate in bread in 1994. (23) Proposal P230 in Australia: Food Regulation Ministerial Council (FSANZ) still has not finalized its July 2007 proposal to mandate iodized salt in breads, breakfast cereals and biscuits.

Back in 1999, the Center for Science in the Public Interest petitioned the FDA to prohibit the use of potassium bromate, charging that the FDA has known for years that bromate causes cancer in lab animals, but has failed to ban it. (24) As of September 2007, the US FDA responded to Breast Cancer Choices inquiry with the statement, ” Potassium Bromate is still listed as a safe additive.”

WATER

When drinking water containing bromide is exposed to ozone, bromate ion, a powerful oxidizing agent, is formed. Two significant recalls of drinking water involving bromate have occurred: Wegmann’s Food You Feel Good About Spring Water Recall in 2006, and Coca-Cola’s Dasani in 2004. (25)

TOOTHPASTE, MOUTHWASH AND GARGLES

Potassium bromate is an antiseptic and astringent in toothpaste, mouth and gargles. Very toxic if taken internally. May cause bleeding and inflammation of gums in toothpaste. (26)

BROMIDE IN FLAME RETARDANTS

Flame retardants reduce the flammability of a wide variety of commercial and household products. Some brominated home retardants migrate from the products in which they are used and are entering the environment and people. (27)

PERSONAL PRODUCTS AND SOME COSMETICS

Sodium bromate in Products: Permanent Waves, Hair Dyes, Textile Dyes Sodium bromate is in permanent wave neutralizers, hair dye material, and the textile dyeing process. (28) Benzalkonium is used as a preservative in some cosmetics. (29)

References

Breast Cancer Choices is indebted to the pioneering bromide research of Guy E. Abraham, MD, as well as the clinical and intellectual contributions of David Brownstein, MD, and Jorge Flechas, MD.

(1) Vobecky M et al., Interaction of Bromine with Iodine in the Rat Thyroid Gland at Enhanced
Bromide Intake, Biol Trace Elem Res 1996.
(2) Velicky J et al., The Effect of Bromide on the Ultrastructure of Rat Thyrocytes, Ann Anat 2004.
(3) Pavelka S et al., Bromide Kinetics and Distribution in the Rat. II Distribution of Bromide in the
Body, Biol Trace Res 2000.
(4) Velicky J et al., Long Term Action of Potassium Bromide on the Rat Thyroid Gland, Acta
Histochem 1998.
(5) Velicky J et al., Potassium Bromide and the Thyroid Gland of the Rat: Morphology and
Immunochemistry 1997.
(6) Vobecky M et al., Interaction of Bromine with Iodine in the Rat Thyroid Gland at Enhanced
Bromide Intake, Biol Trace Elem Res 1996.
(7) Malenchenko AF et al., The Content and Distribution of Iodine, Chlorine and Bromide in the
Normal and Pathologically Changed Thyroid Tissue, Med Radiol 1984.
(8) Velicky J et al., Potassium Bromide and the Thyroid Gland of the Rat: Morphology and
Immunochemistry, RIA and INAA Analysis, Ann Anat 1997.
(9) www.credocluster.info Issue 6, July 2006
(10) Vobecky M et al., Interaction of Bromine with Iodine in the Rat Thyroid Gland at Enhanced
Bromide Intake, Biol Trace Elem Res 1996.
(11) Hubner K et al., Skin Bromide Content and Bromide Excretion in Bromoderma Tuberosum, Arch Derm
Res 1976.
(12) Bel S et al., Vegetant Bromoderma in an Infant, Pediatric Dermatology 2001.
(13) Cohen A et al., Cherry Angiomas Associated with Exposure to Bromides, Dermatology 2001.
(14) Horowitz BZ et al., Bromism from Excessive Cola Consumption, Clinical Toxicology 1997.
(15) Levin M., Transitory Schizophrenia Produced by Bromide Intoxication, Am J Psychiatry 1946.
(16) www.gulflink.osd.mil/library/randrep/pb_paper/mr1018.2chap10.html.
(17) Abraham G., The Combined Measurement of the Four Stable Halides by the Ion-Selective Electrode
Procedure Following Their Chromatographic Separation on a Strong Anion Exchange Resin: Clinical
Application, The Original Internist 2006.
(18) Morizono T et al., The Effects of Cetrimide and Potassium Bromate on the Potassium Ion
Concentration in the Inner Ear Fluid of the Guinea Pig, Physiol Bohemoslov 1988.
(19) www.credocluster.info, Issue 6 2006.
(20) www.rtctoc.com/bromate.htm.
(21) Geter D et al., Kidney Toxicogenomics of Chronic Potassium Bromate Exposure in F334 Male Rats, EIMS Meta Data Report 2006.
(22) www.wisegeek.com.
(23) www.rtctox.com/bromate.htm.
(24) www.cspinet.org/new/bromide.htm.
(25) www.rtctox.com/bromate.htm.
(26) www.healthy-communications.com/hazards_of_cosmetics_by_carol_barzac95.html.
(27) www.credocluster.info, Issue 6 2006.
(28)www.alibaba.com/catalog/11292709/sodium_bromate_99_5.html.
(29) www.gina.antczak.btinternet.co.uk/CU/CUHOME.htm.

About the Iodine Supplementation Protocol — Not Just For Breast Cancer Patients

Physicians Guy Abraham, MD, David Brownstein, MD, and Jorge Flechas, MD, have treated more than 4,000 patients with iodine supplementation. The protocol below is suggested by their writings and lectures. We acknowledge with appreciation their pioneering research and generous contributions to the field of Iodine Therapy. See references below the protocol.

Iodine and Companion Nutrients

From October 2007 Iodine Conference

50 mg Iodoral minimum for breast cancer (may start with 12.5 mg).

Some practitioners may recommend another form of iodine such as Lugol’s solution.

Iodoral is the Lugol’s formula in tablet form especially designed to avoid gastric irritation.

Vitamin C – 3,000 mg per day (more may be necessary to detox bromide).

300-600 mg magnesium oxide (Iodine Investigation Project participants prefer
magnesium glycinate or magnesium citrate.)

200 mcg selenium. The selenomethionine version is preferred by many.

500 mg niacin (B3) twice a day (NOT niacinamide). Start lower to avoid flush. *See update
in left margin on the ATP Cofactors as an alternative.

100 mg Vitamin B2 three times a day. *See update in left margin on the ATP Cofactor as an alternative.

A comprehensive vitamin and nutrition program.

(Feb 2008) Dr. Guy Abraham cautions that “excess calcium supplementation (2,000- 3,000 md/day) has been the most common cause of poor response to iodine supplementation.” Vitamin Research News Vol. 22. Number 2.

Iodine is required by almost every living organism to some degree. Although elemental iodine is toxic in large amounts, it has been widely used for centuries for its antiseptic properties. For this reason, kelp and other ocean-faring plants are often consumed as rich organic sources of iodine due to the high concentration of iodine in seawater. Iodine is required to produce the thyroid hormone and a deficiency can result in the onset of goiters, chronic fatigue, depression, and possibly mental impairment. Once in the body, iodine affixes itself to harmful bacteria and reduces the bacteria’s life span.

A rich source of organic iodine

Black walnut hulls have a well-deserved reputation as a potent vermifuge and anti-parasitical remedy, but they are also a rich source of organic iodine, and can provide important nourishment for the thyroid, especially in the interior parts of the country where sea vegetables are hard to come by.

The active principle of the black walnut tree and that of the nuts is Nucin or Juglone. The kernels contain oil, mucilage, albumin, mineral matter, cellulose, and water. Black walnut is a significant source of potassium, magnesium, manganese, sulfur, copper, and silica. The nutmeats are a rich source of essential fatty acids. Iodine is present in all usable parts of the black walnut, but the highest concentration is in the outer hulls of the nuts.

Black walnut is high in bio-assimilable iodide

Black walnut tincture is high in the bio-assimilable plant form of iodide. The iodine contained in black walnut hulls is an oxidizing agent. This means it acts as an electrolyte that upsets the cellular balance of any bacteria or other microbial it comes in contact with.

Black walnut tincture was employed therapeutically during the Chernobyl nuclear power plant meltdown. Patients were wiped down with iodine tincture or black walnut tincture. The iodine in the two tinctures was absorbed into the body through the skin. Testing later showed that the patients who had been “painted” with black walnut or iodine tinctures were just as protected against radiation exposure as the patients who took potassium iodide (SSKI).

References

Discovery News.com, “Radiation From Japan Plant is Seeping Into Pacific”

http://news.discovery.com/earth/

United States Department of Energy.gov, “Iodine As an Antiseptic” http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/

Food sources of iodine

Iodized salt is the primary food source of iodine. Seafood is naturally rich in iodine. Cod, sea bass, haddock, and perch are excellent sources, and the common sea vegetable, Kelp, is a rich source of iodine. Most dairy products also contain iodine. Other good sources are vegetables grown in iodine-rich soil.

Iodine deficiency

The thyroid hormones regulate the body’s metabolic rate and promote growth and development throughout the body, including the brain. If there isn’t enough thyroid hormone circulating in the blood stream, the brain sends a chemical message to the thyroid gland, which then releases a measured dose of thyroid hormones. If a person’s diet is too low in iodine, the brain sends repeated chemical messages to the thyroid, which attempts to make more thyroid hormone, and the gland grows larger and larger. This abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland is called a goiter. Other symptoms of iodine deficiency may include dry skin, hair loss, fatigue and slowed reflexes.
Cretinism

Deficiency occurs more often in women than in men, and is more common in pregnant women. Chronic lack of iodine in the diet may lead to a physical and mental aberration called cretinism. Cretinism results from inadequate secretion of thyroid hormones during fetal life or early infancy. The brain and skeleton fail to develop properly, resulting in mental retardation and dwarfism. Cretinism is rare in the U.S. because iodine deficiency is generally not a problem. Lack of iodine is a major problem, however, in developing countries and is considered to be the world’s number one cause of preventable intellectual disability in children.

Vegetarians at risk

Vegetarians may also be at risk of iodine deficiency if they do not eat seafood. Ideally, they can get their iodine from iodized table salt or seaweed. But a study published in Sep-Oct 2003 Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism showed that 25% of the vegetarians, 80% of the vegans and 9% of those eating a mixed diet had low iodine status, so there is cause for concern.

References

Institute of Medicine. Food and Nutrition Board. Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin A, Vitamin K, Arsenic, Boron, Chromium, Copper, Iodine, Iron, Manganese, Molybdenum, Nickel, Silicon, Vanadium, and Zinc. National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 2001.

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• 75% of dermatologists use supplements
  66% recommend them to their patients
  
• 57% of cardiologists use supplements
  72% recommend them to their patients
  
• 73 %of orthopedic specialists use supplements
  91 % recommend them to their patients

“Health professionals, including physicians, have an interest in healthy lifestyles and in habits that may contribute to wellness, which may include the use of dietary supplements,” said Annette Dickinson, consultant to the Council for Responsible Nutrition.

Multivitamin Most Popular
The following groups say they had taken a multivitamin within the past year

• 44% of all cardiologists
• 61 % of all dermatologists
• 57 % of all orthopedists

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HCL Liquid 5%

The earliest form of HCL Replacement Therapy was done with HCL Liquid in much higher concentrations than we sell.  It was considered dangerous and only available through prescriptions.  Many people still prefer this form of HCL.  We sell this product diluted to 5% in convenient 1 oz bottles with built in droppers.  Notice that in order to reduce changes of accidents we have diluted the acid to five percent.  If you get this 5% HCL acid on your skin it will leave a mild irritation, simply wash off with water.  We don’t recommend you use this undiluted in your mouth, it will cause big problems if you do that. Always dilute as directed.

Betaine HCL and Glutamic Acid
Capsules and powdered HCL are more effective than the HCL Liquid if appropriate amounts are taken, according to health care professionals.  We carry two types of HCL products: Betaine HCL Capsules and Glutamic Acid HCL Powder.

Dr. Wright writes: “There’s no way to know which form – betaine or glutamic acid HCl – is best suited for a given person. I generally find that if one form causes any side effects, it is worthwhile trying the other, since it’s rare that people are sensitive to both forms.”  However since the betine molecule is smaller than the glutamic acid molecule, a little more of the glutamic form is necessary because it doesn’t carry as much HCL.

HCL should usually be taken with Pepsin.  Stomachs that don’t produce enough HCL also don’t make enough Pepsin.  Taking Pepsin together with your HCL increases effectiveness.

We pack Glutamic Acid HCL in powder form since it does not taste bad at all and can easily be mixed in water or your favorite juice.

Note: HCL sould not be taken by anyone who is also using any kind of anti-inflammatory medication such as corticosteroids, aspirin, Indocin, ibuprofen or other NSAIDs.  These drugs can initiate damage to the GI lining that supplementary HCL might aggravate, increasing the risk of gastric bleeding or ulcer.

Link: Glutamic Acid 1/2 Cup

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For commercial reasons, food manufacturers are adding toxic food colorings to our foods. The European Union recently placed regulations on labeling food dyes to alert consumers of health risks, but the United States has not followed suite.

Below are some of the most common toxic food dyes used today, according to the Food Freedom Network:

Citrus Red #2

Citrus Red #2 is toxic to rodents at modest levels and causes tumors of the urinary bladder and possibly other organs. Citrus Red #2 is used in: Skins of Florida oranges.

Red #3 (Erythrosine)

Red #3 (Erythrosine) was recognized in 1990 by the FDA as a thyroid carcinogen in animals and is banned in cosmetics and externally applied drugs. Red #3 is used in: Sausage casings, oral medication, maraschino cherries, baked goods, and candies.

Red # 5

Red # 5 was banned for a very long time because it was suspected that it made children hyperactive. Red # 5 belongs to a class of chemicals called “polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons,” which studies suggest are carcinogens. But since these chemicals only cause cancer when injected, not ingested, the FDA keeps them legal.

Red #40 (Allura Red)

Red #40 (Allura Red) is the most-widely used and consumed dye. It may accelerate the appearance of immune-system tumors in mice. It also causes allergy-like reactions in some consumers and might trigger hyperactivity in children. Red #40 is used in: Beverages, bakery goods, dessert powders, candies, cereals, foods, drugs, and cosmetics.

Blue #1 (Brilliant Blue)

An unpublished study suggests that Blue #1 (Brilliant Blue) causes kidney tumors in mice. Blue #1 is used in: Baked goods, beverages, desert powders, candies, cereal, drugs, and other products.

Blue #2 (Indigo Carmine)

Blue #2 (Indigo Carmine) causes tumors, particularly brain gliomas, in male rats. Blue #2 is used in: Colored beverages, candies, pet food, and other foods and drugs.

Green #3 (Fast Green)

Green #3 (Fast Green) has caused significant increases in bladder and testes tumors in male rats. Green #3 is used in: Drugs, personal care products, cosmetics, candies, beverages, ice cream, sorbet, and externally applied cosmetics.

Yellow #5 (Tartrazine)

Yellow #5 (Tartrazine) causes hypersensitivity reactions and might trigger hyperactivity and other behavioral effects in children. Yellow #5 (Tartrazine)

Is used in: Pet foods, numerous bakery goods, beverages, dessert powders, candies, cereals, gelatin desserts, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.

Yellow #6 (Sunset Yellow)

Yellow #6 (Sunset Yellow) causes adrenal tumors in animals and occasionally causes severe hypersensitivity reactions. Yellow #6 (Sunset Yellow) is used in: Colored bakery goods, cereals, beverages, dessert powders, candies, gelatin deserts, sausage, cosmetics and drugs.

Avoid artificially colored foods

The Center for Science in the Public Interest recommends, “Because colorings are used almost solely in foods of low nutritional value (candy, soda pop, gelatin desserts, etc.), you should simply avoid all artificially colored foods.”

You can also now purchase plant-based natural food colors that are prepared in concentrations that are easy to use. They can be used to color most foods. While they don’t match the same hues as artificial colors, they may look much better, since they are actually the colors found in real foods.

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