It happened to my son. When he was 2, he would barely talk and had behavioral issues. We stopped red and yellow dye, and within two weeks he was much calmer and saying full sentences. No lie. Most people don’t believe us, but it most definitely happened.

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

For science, you must now reintroduce him to the dyes and record the results.

Further testing will be done on a double-blind basis.

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Eventually he did start eating them again, maybe when he was about 8? It didn’t seem to cause the same issues then, but it’s hard to tell because he has severe ADHD, and I didn’t exactly measure his symptoms when in and off the dye. He is 18 now so it’s hard to remember.

[–] otterpop@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Out of curiosity what foods had the dyes in them that you had to cut? I imagine it's in some things you'd never think of

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

A lot of it was obvious, like dessert foods. But some were sneakier. I couldn’t tell you for sure because that was 16 years ago. It was a whole diet called the Feingold diet, and it was pretty restrictive.