Psychology Professor James Stevenson of the University of Southampton and colleagues conducted tests on more than 300 children. They found significant differences in the children’s behavior when they drank fruit drinks with a mixture of common processed food additives including artificial food colorings and chemical preservatives.

 “These findings show that adverse effects are not just seen in children with extreme hyperactivity (such as ADHD) but can also be seen in the general population and across the range of severities of hyperactivity,” the researchers wrote in their study. The team of researchers commented that “the implications of these results for the regulation of food additive use could be substantial”.

Many parents today feel pressured by doctors and school officials into treating their children’s symptoms with narcotic medications.  After witnessing the side effects, many wish they had not. 

On the other hand, we have wonderful non-profit groups like The Feingold Association (www.feingold.org) that has a 30 year track record and a 90% success rate in alleviating such symptoms by simply changing the child’s diet.

If you are a parent who is concerned about your child’s behavior, please visit The Feingold Association’s website for more information. We also encourage you to offer your children Wholefood Farmacy foods which contain NO artificial colorings, NO artificial flavorings, NO artificial sweeteners and NO chemical preservatives. 

Maybe ADD should really stand for Artificial Diet Disorder – we encourage parents everywhere to give nature a chance.