I am a little late in writing this post. This past Sunday night my husband and I feel we have made a new discovery. After dinner we let the boys have some homeade ice cream. We had some sprinkles in the pantry in which they must have when they eat ice cream. Anyway, to make a long story short, immediately after eating their desert, Randy started bouncing off the walls!
This event immediately got my wheels turning. I had just recently read a thread on KWFA about food dyes and how they can cause reactions. Reactions from food dyes can cause different things like GI distress, skin problems (eczema), and even anaphylaxis! But, red dye in particular seems to cause hyperactivity in some individuals. This is what we think it does to Randy!
We started reminiscing on times like when he ate some fruit snacks and he had the same crazy behavior. I got online to look up ingredients, and low and behold, the common denominator: Red dye #40!
Now, I realize that it is probably a bit early to start jumping to conclusions. We will just have to keep our eyes and minds open to what he is eating and what his behavior is. But, my gut instinct is saying it is the dye!
I would love to hear what you know about this topic.
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I had the same problem. I'm 16 now, but when I was 4 or 5 my grandma would give me Koolaid. It made me hyper beyond belief. My mom always dismissed it because she thought it was just from the sugar. On my 13th birthday, I was chewing some colorful gum and out of nowhere my legs began to break out in hives and huge welts(and let me tell you...they itched!), my back and my arms where red and itchy. My mom and I had no idea what was happening. My lips swelled up as big as a balloon and my throat and neck began to swell up. It was very scary. After taking some meds which helped some, we knew it was a reaction to something in the gum. The gum was basically made up of colors but mom pointed out the koolaid and how it's red and we took it from there. I than tried some foods with just red dye in them or more commonly known as Red dye #40 and had even more severe reactions than the first. From than on, I have avoided this color from my diet. I know it's only this color because I can eat yellow dyes and blue dyes and be just fine. It sounds like to me, that your children have the beginnings of this reaction to red dye. I acted the same way and thought nothing of it. Hopefully your kids don't have the same reaction I do, later on.
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