Comments on: Red Dye Allergy http://www.allergy9.com/red-dye-allergy.html Free asthma and allergy relief information to assist allergy sufferers live a happier and healthier life. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:16:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Jane Hersey http://www.allergy9.com/red-dye-allergy.html#comment-84 Jane Hersey Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:21:40 +0000 http://www.allergy9.com/red-dye-allergy.html#comment-84 Thank you for alerting people to the dangers from red dye! Actually, all of the synthetic dyes are problematic, especially for people dealing with asthma. Twenty years ago the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Drugs warned that the dyes in medicines (ironically, called "inactive" ingredients) can cause many health problems, especially respiratory effects. There are only two red dyes still allowed to be used in food in the US: Red 40 and Red 3. Red 2 was banned many years ago and has been replaced by Red 40. These dyes are made from crude oil and the majority of them start out in petroleum refineries in China! They are actually very easy to avoid, and the non-profit Feingold Associaion of the United States compiles books listing thousands of brand name foods of all types that are free of the dyes. See www.feingold.org. Asthmatics should also avoid MSG and its many clones, and sulfiting agents. (And everyone should avoid the synthetic sweetener aspartame!) Some asthmatics cannot tolerate "natural salicylates" -- naturally-occurring chemicals found in many common fruits and a few other foods. Volunteers at the non-profit Feingold Association of the US have been helping people understand about the many effects of certain foods and food additives since it was formed in 1976. Thank you for alerting people to the dangers from red dye! Actually, all of the synthetic dyes are problematic, especially for people dealing with asthma. Twenty years ago the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Drugs warned that the dyes in medicines (ironically, called “inactive” ingredients) can cause many health problems, especially respiratory effects.

There are only two red dyes still allowed to be used in food in the US: Red 40 and Red 3. Red 2 was banned many years ago and has been replaced by Red 40.

These dyes are made from crude oil and the majority of them start out in petroleum refineries in China! They are actually very easy to avoid, and the non-profit Feingold Associaion of the United States compiles books listing thousands of brand name foods of all types that are free of the dyes. See http://www.feingold.org.

Asthmatics should also avoid MSG and its many clones, and sulfiting agents. (And everyone should avoid the synthetic sweetener aspartame!) Some asthmatics cannot tolerate “natural salicylates” — naturally-occurring chemicals found in many common fruits and a few other foods. Volunteers at the non-profit Feingold Association of the US have been helping people understand about the many effects of certain foods and food additives since it was formed in 1976.

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