The catchphrase comes out again...

[redhillian]

BBC News: Additives 'cause bad behaviour'.

Fuck me, there's a surprise.

Seriously, we knew about this sort of thing well over 20 years ago, when I was a small and VERY hyperactive child. I don't think there's ever been a time when reallyfrank hasn't known that I can't eat artificial colours.

It's also well documented what happens when the HyperactiveHospitalFairy (WINOLJ) has a blue slushie, and everyone's seen ephrael high as a kite on Haribo.

Have I fallen through a fucking time hole, back to the 1970s?

Also: not going to be at Maelstrom, have work to do, but ephrael will be (in First Aid again). Have fun.

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[raselhague.livejournal.com]

I can't do Maelstrom either - moving house!

But yes, I got the same impression this morning. That wasn't the only story that did my brain in though. There was also the "shocking" headline that 'Teens who binge drink are more likely to have health problems later on'. No shit, sherlock.

Maybe they just didn't have much news to share. Maybe that's a good thing... of sorts.

[auriol.livejournal.com]

I did my first ever class presentation at high school on artificial additives, back when they were called 'E' numbers.

It was 1989, and it wasn't new information then.

My parents have known about my hypersensitivity to Sodium Saccharin and Aspartame since the early 80's, and have read ingredients packages ever since. Mind you, when faced with a hyperactive and disorderly child, followed by a throwing up child, that's pretty good impetus to read the label!

[areteus.livejournal.com]

We have fallen through a timehole in the universe.... it all makes sense. It is all my fault. Sorry...

You see, I have been taking off tiles and am concerned that I have yet to encounter any horror movie cliches and thought I'd got away from it. But no. You see, the bottom layer of tiles were labelled '1979' so clearly what has happened is I have stripped back layers of time in some twilight zone manner! We are all doomed to wear brown cords, tank tops and flares all over again!!!!!! :)

Seriously, what gets me is that I am not aware of any mechanistic studies on this. Its been well established already (though this study may have simply done what a lot of science has to do which is test the bloody obvious because often the bloody obvious isn't true) but I am not aware of anyone linking it directly to any physiological process. May have to look and see...

[vondage.livejournal.com]

Fran narrows her mouth like a non-wide-mouthed frog and says 'You don't say'.

[redhillian.livejournal.com]

FLAKY.PASTRY.UNCLE.SID.

[sarahlascelles.livejournal.com]

It isnt just kids. Some dogs go mental on food colourings. How do I know this? Because Eddie is one of those dogs.

[vondage.livejournal.com]

And in other news that fits into the 'OMG, noooo!!???!!' category: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4607642.stm Jogging without a proper sports bra will cause your breasts to sag. You don't say. (Although, that article is a source of weirdly cool boob bounce statistics!)

Fran xx