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How to Dye Easter Eggs Naturally

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When my oldest son was two, it was clear, after going to a couple of birthday parties, that he could not tolerate food dye. Now he is 12 and on the occasion that he goes somewhere and sneaks a skittle or intakes it unknowingly, the effects torture him (and us) for days. The effect of…

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Filed Under: Food Dyes, Holidays, Safe Products Tagged With: kids crafts, natural food dyes

Hypersensitivity, Mood Swings, Sleeplessness – The Ins and Outs of Food Dye Sensitivity

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Oftentimes, symptoms of food dye sensitivity and allergies get overlooked by both parents and doctors, as the symptoms seem to be brushed off as normal behavior for whatever age a child is at. Though all children will act out, not pay attention at times, and/or sometimes have trouble sleeping, consistency of this behavior is not…

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Filed Under: Food, Food Dyes, Toxic Chemicals in Food Tagged With: Family, food dyes, parenting

Creative Play Using Natural Ingredients

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I discovered the idea of sensory boxes a few weeks ago while checking out some great creative project and play pages. It was soon after this discovery that the teachers at my son’s preschool told me that his favorite things to play with at school are the sand and the fake snow sensory boxes. After…

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Filed Under: Crafts, Food Dyes Tagged With: crafts, Family, parenting

The Ice Cream Truck – Why My Kids Only Know it as the Music Truck (Yes I Enjoy Ice Cream, Just Not Pops that Contain a petroleum based substance)

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The Music Truck.  How long can I keep this one up?  I’ll have to confess to my oldest by next summer I guess. I love ice cream and I certainly won’t deprive my children of this special treat here and there, but they will be getting the good old food dye free, non-antibiotic kind.  I…

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Filed Under: Food, Food Dyes, TBHQ, Toxic Chemicals in Food Tagged With: chemicals in food, TBHQ

Even the skin of Oranges Have Food Dye!? Looking at Each Food Dye Individually

by Dawn Lorenz 5 Comments

Yesterday I went to the grocery store looking to find the brand of rice crackers I like.  Unfortunately, King Kullen no longer carries them, so I went looking for another brand, which I found in their “Healthy Food Aisle” (on a side note, I can’t get over how supermarkets label one or two aisles as…

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Filed Under: Food Dyes, Going Organic, Toxic Chemicals in Food

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