>>> GUYS, WHAT A GORGEOUS DAY.
IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE WATCHING
HOUSTON LIFE.
WE ARE LIVE.
AT HOME DO YOU SPEND TIME
LOOKING AT THE LABELS ON THE
BACK OF THE FOOD YOU EAT OR
PRODUCTS?
FOOD COLORING CAN BE FOUND IN
JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.
IS IT SAFE?
>> TOXICOLOGIST DR. NORI
MAYBERRY, THE TOX DOCK IS HERE.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR WHEN
YOU LOOK ON THE BACK OF A LABEL?
>> YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THOSE
COLORINGS.
RED 40, YELLOW 5, BLUE 1, BLUE
2.
>> THEY HAVE TO BE LISTED.
THE FDA NABS PRODUCTS THAT
DON'T.
>> MY QUESTION IS, I UNDERSTAND
A LOT OF THESE COLORANTS ARE
COUNTRIES.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> WHY CAN WE USE THEM HERE?
>> WE HAVE DIFFERENT REGULATORY
BODIES.
THEY DETERMINE THEY ARE SAFE AT
WHAT THEY CONSIDER NORMAL
USAGES.
SOME OF THESE, LIKE THE RED 40,
WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST
POPULAR COLORS YOU WILL SEE ALL
PUDINGS, DOESN'T MATTER.
YOU WILL FIND IT EVERYWHERE, IT
IS BANNED IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
IT IS LINKED TO HYPERACTIVETY
DISORDER.
KNOW.
IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN WITH ADHD
OR SPECTRUM DISORDERS OR
BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS, WATCH
THESE ARTIFICIAL COLORS.
>> SOMETIMES YOU ARE BLAMING IT
ON THE SUGAR BUT COULD IT
REALLY BE THE DYE?
BOTH.
PARABINS.
THEY ARE ENDOCRINE DISRUP TERS.
FOR CANCER SURVIVORS, THIS IS
HARMFUL AS WELL.
I HAVE SEEN HOSPITALS OR GROUPS
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO EAT
ARTIFICIAL DYES, TAKE AWAY
CANCER MEDICATION TASTE.
IT IS THE WORST ADVICE TO
SOMEONE WHO IS A SURVIVOR AND
DOESN'T WANT A RELAPSE.
>> THE COLORS YOU HAVE IN FRONT
OF US, THESE ARE VERY BRIGHT
COLORS.
BEAUTIFUL.
THEY ARE ATTRACTIVE TO KIDS.
I'M A LITTLE SUSPICIOUS OF
COLORED LIQUID, BY THE WAY.
LAST TIME YOU MADE ME DRINK ALL
THIS STUFF.
>> I KNOW.
WE JUST WENT THROUGH RED 40.
NOW TO YELLOW 5.
YELLOW?
>> IT CAN BE USED.
IT IS USED TO MAKE ORANGE.
LIKE IN THIS SODA THEY ARE
USING RED 40 AND YELLOW 5 FOR
ORANGE.
>> OR YELLOW TO MIX GREEN.
ORANGE, YELLOW, EVEN SOME OF
THE RED STUFF THEY USE THAT
YELLOW 5.
THAT YELLOW 5 IS ONE OF THE
MOST PREVALENT AND LINKED TO
HYPERACTIVETY AND POTENTIALLY
MAY LOWER SPERM COUNT.
IT IS PREVALENT EVERYWHERE.
>> THIS IS INTERESTING.
BAD FOR ASTHMATICS.
DISCLOSED.
WHEN THEY FIND OUT THEY WILL
PULL PRODUCTS FROM THE SHELVES
BECAUSE OF RESPIRATORY ISSUES.
>> FOR ASTHMATICS, THAT CAN BE
DEADLY.
TABLE.
MANY CANDIES WE FIND IN THE
GROCERY STORE.
ARTIFICIAL CHEMICALS.
>> ALL OF IT.
THE ICE CREAMS AS WELL
PUDDINGSCEREALS, CHIPS,
COSMETICS, A LOT OF THINGS ON
OUR BODY.
>> WHAT DOES BLUE DO?
TWO.
BLUE ONE HAS A BAD NAME BECAUSE
FATALITY.
CAUSED A DEATH.
USING IT IN EVERYDAY FOODS, IT
HAS RELATIVELY LOW TOXICITY.
IN FOOD IT IS NOT BA
INDIGO.
INDICA, BLUE 2, HAS BEEN LINKED
TO BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS AND
POSSIBLY LOWERING SPERM COUNT.
BLUE TWO IS THE SYNTHETIC
VERSION OF INDIGO.
>> LASTLY WE HAVE THIS CITRUS
RED.
>> CITRUS RE40.
ORANGES, PEOPLE HERE IN OUR
COUNTRY, WE LIKE OUR ORANGES TO
LOOK VERY, VERY ORANGE.
>> LIKE ACTUALLY ORANGES IN THE
PRODUCE SECTION.
>> YES, THE CITRUS RED IS USED
TO DIE THE SKINS OF ORANGES.
>> SERIOUS?
>> YES.
IN NATURE ORANGES COME IN ALL
TONES BUT PEOPLE WANT THEM
SUPER ORANGE.
SO PEOPLE THINK IF YOU MAKE
SELL FASTER.
THAT IS WHY A LOT OF TIMES YOU
HAVE PEOPLE THAT WILL HAVE SKIN
REACTIONS.
IT CAUSES SKIN SENSITIVITY.
IF THEY BITE THE ORANGE PEEL
THEY COULD HAVE RASHES AROUND
THEIR MOUTH SO BE CAREFUL.
>> WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR?
LIKE ORGANIC?
GREAT.
OR KNOW WHOIING GROWS THEM AND
GETTING TO KNOW THEM AND SAY,
HEY, DO YOU PUT DIES -- DYES
IN YOUR SKIN?
I DON'T WANT DYED ORANGES.
I WANT THEM NORMAL.
>> ANY OTHER FRUITS AND VEGGIES?
>> POTENTIALLY BUT THIS IS FOR
CITRUS.
>> YELLOW IN LEMON?
>> NOT THAT I HAVE HEARD OF BUT
YOU WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED.
>> WE HAVE DISCUSSED WHAT EACH
CAN CONTRIBUTE BY WAY OF
HEALTH, BUT HOW CAN WE AVOID
HAVING THESE COLORANTS IN
PRODUCTS IF THEY ARE SO
PERVASIVE.
>> A NUMBER OF THINGS.
ALL THESE COMPANIES -- THE
COMPANY I HAVE THE DYES FOR,
THEY HAVE A NATURAL ALTERNATIVE.
BEETS, SPIRULINA AND THE
ENVIRONMENT.
SO THE ICES.
>> YES.
>> THEY ARE EASY TO GET.
ORDER THEM ONLINE.
ASK YOUR GROCERY STORE MANAGERS
WHERE THE NATURAL DYES ARE.
THERE IS NOT A BIG DIFFERENCE.
IT IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER BUT SO
WORTH IT.
WE REALLY DON'T USE FOOD
COLORING UNLESS WE BAKE A LOT.
IF YOU WANT THAT VIBRANT,
PRETTY BLUE COLOR, YOU WANT TO
MAKE THAT CHARACTER CAKE, YOU
CAN GET NATURAL DYES AND GET
THE EXACT SAME EFFECT WITHOUT
THE HEALTH RISK.
WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL OR
RESPIRATORY RISK.
WILL IT JUST BE BEAUTIFUL AND
NO ONE WILL KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.
>> BESIDES HOMEMADE GOODS, WHAT
ABOUT PACKAGEDGOODS?
>> THE ADVICE IS AVOID AND PUT
PRESSURE ON PEOPLE TO SWITCH TO
NATURAL DYES.
I WILL TELL YOU ANOTHER REASON
ARTIFICIAL OVER NATURAL.
OVER TIME.
THEY ARNATURAL.
ARTIFICIAL DYES, NOT SO MUCH.
THERE IS NEWER TECHNOLOGY WITH
NATURAL DYES THAT CAUSES THEM
TO LAST LONGER.
AGAIN, MY CONCERN, ON TOP OF
THE FACT OF COLORS IS FACT THEY
ARE PUTTING THOSE PARABENS,
WHICH ARE DANGEROUS.
>> WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO YOUR
SYSTEM?
PASS THROUGH QUICKLY?
QUICKLY.
SOME OF THE STRONGER COLORS CAN
END UP IN YOUR SYSTEM.
THE MORE YOU EAT SOMETIMES THE
MORE YOU FIND OUT LATER ON YOU
DON'T KNOW BECAUSE WE ARE NOT
LOOKING INSIDE OUR BODIES AFTER
WE PASON.
SOME HAVESHOWN DYES IN THEIR
DIGESTIVE TRACT THAT USE THESE
ON A ROUTINE BASIS.
>> DR. NORI MAYBERRY, THANK YOU.
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