Is the improvement of the children stable or are they having trouble using the diet?
David study used children whose parents thought they saw a response to additives but needed help figuring out a diet. David simply challenged (using a salicylate drink for both challenge and placebo) children already not doing very well, and saw no difference. One child was in the midst of a many-days-long tantrum when they “challenged” her with Yellow #5 and they saw “no change.” Apparently, she continued her tantrum behavior.) Is the amount of challenge material sufficiently high? One tablespoon of bright red frosting has over 150 mg of FD&C Red #40. With 2 tablespoons per cupcake, plus the dye (and flavoring) in the soda, the candy, the ice cream …. it is not hard to envision getting over 400 mg of dye alone at a party … and back in 1977 the National Academy of Science estimated that the average dye consumption per person was 154.4 mg per day … and it is surely higher today when Fruit Loops are brighter and toothpaste is fluorescent …. Are the types of challenge materials su
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