Food Colorants, Sugars and Children with Attention Disorders

Recently, it has been theorised that children who are hyperactive should not eat foods containing artifiicial food colorants (just go to a candy store or the cereal aisle of any grocery store - a sugar and artificial 'everything' nightmare). The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has proposed that the  FDA ban color additives as well as require warning labels on the packaging until a ban can be put into practice.  Every Day Health has just published a list of foods that contain artificial colorants.  These foods have been listed because one might not think there would be 'bad' ingredients in them.  I thought it prudent to share this information with you.  Please pass it on:
Grocery Items
Hunt’s Snack Pudding, Vanilla (Yellow 5, Yellow 6) Yoplait Whips Light & Fluffy (Yellow 5, Blue 1) Quaker Oatmeal to Go, Apples & Cinnamon (Yellow 6) Post Honeycomb cereal (Yellow 5) Eggo Blueberry Waffles (Blue 2, Red 40) Betty Crocker Cheesy Lasagna with Beef (Yellow 5, Yellow 6) Oscar Mayer Lunchables Pizza & Treatza (Blue 1, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Red 40) Lean Pockets Ham & Cheddar (Yellow 5, Yellow 6) Hostess Blueberry Streusel Muffins (Blue 2, Red 40) Edy’s Classic Real Strawberry Ice Cream (Blue 1, Red 40) Minute Maid Lemonade (Yellow 5) Pillsbury Flaky Cinnamon Twists with Glaze (Yellow 5, Red 40) Duncan Hines Whipped Frosting Chocolate (Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 1)
Restaurant Items
McDonald’s Spicy Buffalo Sauce (Red 40) Burger King Mott’s Strawberry Flavored Applesauce (Red 40) Wendy’s Dill Pickles (Yellow 5, Blue 1) KFC Sweet and Spicy Wings (Red 40) KFC Potato Salad (Blue 1) Subway Red Wine Vinaigrette (Red 40, Blue 1) Jack in the Box Mozzarella Cheese Sticks (Yellow 5, Yellow 6)
Courtesy:  Eating Well Online

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  Children don't need candy, it's full of sugar, rots their teeth and then you can't figure out why they have no attention span while they're on a sugar high.  Processed foods and foods with added sugar shouldn't be in the cupboard or refrigerators.  Bake your own cakes and muffins, make your own lemonade...the food will taste better, you and and the kids will eat better and you will have better control of your product and the sugars in them.  Muffins should not be green...if you want coloring, buy some crayons.

For The Young Reefer Smokers Out There Today..Better Read This If You Can

Vital Signs, From the NYT Online
Behavior: Young Marijuana Users Pay Cognitive Price, By Roni Caryn Rabin
Published: November 22, 2010

Young adults who started using the drug regularly in their early teens performed significantly worse on tests assessing brain function than did subjects who were at least 16 when they started, scientists reported last week.   The findings led researchers at McLean Hospital to surmise that the developing teenage brain may be particularly vulnerable to the ill effects of marijuana. “We have to understand that the developing brain is not the same as the adult brain,” said Dr. Staci A. Gruber, the paper’s senior author and director of cognitive and clinical neuroimaging at McLean, a Harvard-affiliated hospital in Belmont, Mass.  The study, done in conjunction with brain scans, was small, consisting of 35 chronic marijuana smokers who were 22 years old on average. The subjects were asked to complete an assessment of executive function — the brain processes responsible for planning and abstract thinking, as well as understanding rules and inhibiting inappropriate actions. The test — in which participants were asked to sort cards with different shapes, numbers and colors — is a measure of cognitive flexibility.
At 15, Dr. Gruber said, the brain is still changing, and “the part that modulates executive function is the last part to develop.”
A version of this article appeared in print on November 23, 2010, on page D6 of the National edition.

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  If you're a teenager and you smoke marijuana, you ought to seriously consider quitting the habit.  You really don't people to ask you if  'you're stoned or stupid' would you?  Besides, it's passe', you stink like a skunk and anyone with half a brain can take one look at your hopped up pupils and know your a pothead.  The '60's are over, so get over it!

Acupuncture Demystified via The Wall St Journal

Acupuncture has long baffled medical experts and no wonder: It holds that an invisible life force called qi (pronounced chee) travels up and down the body in 14 meridians. Illness and pain are due to blockages and imbalances in qi. Inserting thin needles into the body at precise points can unblock the meridians, practitioners believe, and treat everything from arthritis and asthma to anxiety, acne and infertility.
· Arthritis of the Knee: Acupuncture significantly reduced pain and restored function, according to a 2004 government study.

· Headaches: Two 2009 reviews found that acupuncture cut both tension and migraine headaches.

· Lower Back Pain: Acupuncture eased it in a big study last year, but so did a sham treatment where needles didn't penetrate the skin.

· Cancer: Has proven effective in reducing nausea and fatigue caused by chemotherapy.

· Infertility: Improves the odds of pregnancy for women undergoing in-vitro fertilization, according to a 2008 review of seven clinical trials.

· Addiction: Often used to help quit smoking, drinking, drug use and overeating.

After decades of cynicism, Western medical experts are using high-tech tools to unravel the ancient mysteries of how acupuncture works.
WSJ HEALTH JOURNAL MARCH 22, 2010


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Wall Street Journal

Today, The Wall Street Journal featured Acupuncture as a lethal weapon to fight many different types of diseases and health conditions. 
Here's a snippet of what the WSJ had to say:
Does It Work?
Arthritis of the Knee: Acupuncture significantly reduced pain and restored function, according to a 2004 government study.

Headaches: Two 2009 reviews found that acupuncture cut both tension and migraine headaches.

Lower Back Pain: Acupuncture eased it in a big study last year
Cancer: Has proven effective in reducing nausea and fatigue caused by chemotherapy.

Infertility: Improves the odds of pregnancy for women undergoing in-vitro fertilization, according to a 2008 review of seven clinical trials.

Addiction: Often used to help quit smoking, drinking, drug use and overeating
Read all about it!
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052748704841304575137872667749264-lMyQjAxMTAwMDIwMzEyNDMyWj.html