After researching this topic extensively, I have concluded that essentially all the
red artificial “food” coloring dyes are questionable. I advise that you just avoid
them all and don’t stress about distinguishing individual red dye names.
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Let’s investigate why 26 attempts were made to ban Red No. 3 by 1985. Unique
health problems are prominently featured in this discussion. Other health
problems more emblematic of estrogenic impacts also occur but we’ll put a hold
on those.
Long before 1985, Red No. 3 was found to have “major toxic manifestations”.
These toxicities were said to be “indicative of central nervous system
depression.”63 That was 1977.
What is depression of central nervous system, again? Depression of the brain
and spinal cord, the central origin of our bodily controls. We certainly don’t want
to “depress” that system to make our “strawberry” “fruit” “snacks” look
appealing. But we carried on without a Red No. 3 ban in 1977.
More “colorful” studies emerged. Researchers found Red No. 3 “inhibits
dopamine uptake into brain synaptosomal preparations” in 1980.64 This
discovery caused the researchers of this study to suggest that Red No. 3 may
explain childhood hyperactivity—before childhood hyperactivity was really
even the big “thing” it is today.
Contemporary follow-up studies confirmed the hyperactivity finding.65 So did
a 2007 randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, crossover trial,
performed in the UK.66 Now the product label warning should make more sense:
“[this item] may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children”.
In fact, the 2007 UK study concluded that: “Artificial colors [multiple
varieties of red dyes] or a sodium benzoate preservative (or both) in the diet
result in increased hyperactivity in 3-year-old and 8/9-year-old children in the
general population”. That’s a conclusion that hauntingly reverberates in the head.
How does the Red No. 3 story end?
Well, the New York Times wrote a piece about Red No. 3 in 1990 that
temporarily spiked awareness.67 Some readers may even vaguely remember this
article and its short-lived impact.
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