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Hot Marriage. Cool Parents.

Ep 183 The Shocking Truth About the Impact of Synthetic Dyes on Children

Hot Marriage. Cool Parents.

Jamie Otis and Doug Hehner

Society & Culture, Tv & Film, Personal Journals, Kids & Family

4.51.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Doug and Jamie (Mostly Jamie ) are now 27 Weeks Pregnant!! They have some exciting updates on their nursery renovation, and next steps needed before bringing their twins into the world. Later in the episode, Doug interviews Brandon and Whitney Cawood; parents turned documentary filmmakers, to talk about their documentary coming out, “To Dye For.” They discuss their years long journey after finding out the shocking effect that Synthetic Dyes has on their son, and their extensive research with experts, government officials, and some incredibly important resources for parents that may be experiencing behavioral issues with their children. This is one of the most eye opening episodes of HMCP! Below are some resources and links to find out more information on Whitney and Brandon Cawood, their website, a teaser for their upcoming documentary “To Dye For,” and more information on identifying food and products containing synthetic dyes: Here's some of our links: Teaser Trailer: https://www.todyeforthedocumentary.com/ Subscribe for Updates & Resources: https://www.todyeforthedocumentary.com/podcast Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/iKrRqEqAWZpmgLq2/ Film Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/todyeforthedocumentary Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/todyeforthedocumentary/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome back to Hot Marriage Cool Parents. This is Doug.

0:08.0

Jamie is currently pregnant and picking up our daughter, but I wanted to make this intro pretty quick because we have a super exciting episode today.

0:18.8

Something that's been on Jamie's mind for a while and something that she brought up to me, which was the impact of synthetic dye, which could be found in food, clothing, markers, cosmetics, and the impact that has had on children. Now, Jamie has been

0:38.0

telling me for months now, I want to try to avoid red dye.

0:43.6

And I never really looked into it, not like I didn't pay attention to it,

0:48.9

or I think it was just almost like a conspiracy but I just dismissed it because I've never met

0:56.8

anyone or known anyone that was allergic or had a reaction to synthetic dye. Even growing up, I don't remember in

1:07.1

grade school anybody even having a peanut allergy or an egg allergy. I'm 41

1:12.2

so I don't know if I'm alone in this but you know the

1:16.1

allergies and allergic reactions weren't really a thing until really I got

1:21.5

until I graduated from college and some of my friends started having kids and allergies sort of came up.

1:28.0

It was never really a thing that was in our family.

1:31.0

My brother has asthma, but that's not really an allergic

1:34.8

reaction to things. None of us are allergic. I don't think Jamie's allergic to

1:38.9

anything but she does have a sensitivity to gluten and I don't think well wheat is gluten but that was

1:46.8

really the extent of it I don't believe our kids have any allergies they're not

1:50.6

allergic to penicillin or anything so I am super excited because we have

1:54.9

Whitney and Brandon Kowood on which I have a full conversation with they are

2:02.4

parents turned filmmakers and they are pioneering this

2:07.0

journey about how synthetic dies affected their child. So her son, Atreu, who was three at the time,

2:15.8

they noticed a sort of Jekyll and Hyde type of behavior

2:20.9

where he would be a really sweet nice kid one time or one day and then all of a

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