Episode 410: Why Avoid Food Dyes?

Naturally Nourished

Ali Miller RD

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Health & Fitness:nutrition

4.8 • 655 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

DId you know that artificial food dyes have been linked to hyperactivity, cancer, asthma, respiratory distress, blood clots and more? Curious about the history of food dyes in the US and how we came to use them? Looking for ways to replace artificial food coloring in your home? Tune in to learn about the history of food dyes, research supported health concerns, and our favorite alternatives. In this episode, we discuss the health impact of food dyes along with hidden or unlikely sources of exposure. We chat about nutrient deficiencies that can be driven by food dye consumption and how to offset. Plus we discuss the new names for food dyes and how you can replace these in your household. Also in this episode: Navigating Ultra Processed FoodsEpisode 409: Why Real Food Matters History of Food Dyes Health Concerns with Food DyesThe synthetic food dye, Red 40, causes DNA damage, causes colonic inflammation, and impacts the microbiome in mice Artificial Food Colors and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Symptoms: Conclusions to Dye for Synthetic Colors in Food: A Warning for Children’s Health Supplements to Offset Food Dye ExposureKids Essentials Bundle Hidden Sources of Food Dyes Natural Replacements for Food ColoringGreen: Matcha, Spirulina, Spinach Yellow: Turmeric Orange: Paprika, Carrot Red/Pint: Beet, freeze dried strawberries, raspberries, tomato paste Blue: butterfly pea tea, red cabbage, blue majik Super Natural Sprinkles Cutout Cookies Natural Egg Dye Gelatin Gummies Sponsors for this episode: This episode is sponsored by Wild Foods, a company that puts quality, sustainability, and health first in all of their products. They have everything from coffee to turmeric to medicinal mushrooms, and every single product is painstakingly sourced from small farms around the globe. They take their mission seriously to fix the broken food system, and believe real food is medicine. They've partnered with us to give you guys an exclusive discount, so use the code ALIMILLERRD for 12% off your order at WildFoods.co!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Naturally Nourished Podcast that delivers cutting-edge food is medicine solutions for optimal health.
0:12.7	Ali Miller is a nutrition expert sought up by the media in America's top medical institutes for her revolutionary functional medicine interventions.
0:22.6	From disease treatment to prevention, every episode will empower you with ways to put yourself
0:28.3	back in control of your health. Please know, the topics discussed are for educational purposes
0:35.1	only. Now welcome, Integrative Dietitians, Ali Miller, and her co-host, Becky You.
0:42.8	Welcome to the Naturally Nourished Podcast. You are joining us for episode 410, Why Avoid Food Dyes?
0:50.2	In today's episode, we are covering the research on the impact of consuming food dyes,
0:56.2	hidden or unlikely sources of exposure, as well as safer alternatives.
1:02.1	Yes, as we continue to move the needle on naturally nourished kids, which comes out in fall of 2025,
1:09.3	we are really digging into the hot topics that impact children's
1:13.4	wellness and nutrition.
1:15.4	And as we discussed a couple weeks back there on our returning back to school episode,
1:21.2	unfortunately, there are billions of dollars spent marketing ultra-process foods to our kids.
1:27.0	And food dyes are just one category of
1:29.4	ingredients that are banned in many other countries but allowed freely in the u.s and when we avoid
1:37.9	foods or products that have food colorants or dyes in them the beauty is that we also remove ultra-processed foods.
1:47.1	Yes, I now have my kids like trained on this where we went to Costco the other day and I shared
1:52.0	on Instagram us doing our little hall and Noah, everything I put in the cart, he'd go, does this
1:57.9	have gluten? Does this have food dyes, mama? Okay, then we can have it, right?
2:02.8	So I think it is like training them early, but, you know, it's ubiquitous in kid food.
2:09.3	I was just also looking into a snow cone vendor as a possibility for his birthday and emailed them to ask if they had a fruit-based or a die-free
2:18.6	option and they did it and I was kind of shocked because I can't be the only mom in Austin
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