Dr. Ana-Maria Temple shows how American kids consume up to 200 mg of artificial food dyes daily from snacks like Pop-Tarts and Froot Loops, while European versions of the same foods contain none. She links higher dye exposure to America's higher ADHD rates and calls for a statewide ban like West Virginia's.
How does the average American child consume 200 milligrams of artificial food dyes per day? One Pop-Tart, it's 20 milligrams. One serving of Little Guffins is 20 milligrams. One serving of Froot Loops is 34 milligrams, and who eats one serving of Froot Loops? On the sports field, we feed our children 41 milligrams of artificial food dyes after they play 45 minutes of soccer. These foods that are poisoning our American children are not allowed in Europe. In fact, the companies have different formula for Europe than for the United States. The rates of ADHD have skyrocketed in the United States, and in fact, we have twice the amount that they have in Europe where these ingredients are not allowed. How many more children have to be put on medications? How many more children have to suffer from poorer quality of life before we hold the food industry accountable for their part in this? West Virginia has already banned artificial food dyes from the state. Let's get North Carolina to be the second state to do so. Help me by writing a letter to your North Carolina representatives supporting Bill HB If you're an advocate for children's wellness, make sure you follow my account so you can get updates on how we're gonna change children's health.
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