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About 20 years ago my find discovered that she was allergic to 'red dyes'.  Red dyes, most commonly used as a 'color enhancer in foods and medicines' include, but are not limited to, Red #4,Red #3,Red #40 and Red #33.  There are similar allergies to the various 'yellow dies' used in foods and medicines for the same reasons.

 

She normally pays EXTREMELY close attention to the ingredients of things she uses and consumes.  On more than one occasion she has had to refuse prescription medications due to the inclusion of such dies. 'Yes', her allergy IS listed in her medical records and is on file with local pharmacies.  HOWEVER, it has become dangerously apparent that doctors and pharmacists DO NOT read said files. 

 

This past Thursday we were shopping in the local mall. We ended up in a local 'supplement store' pondering their wares.  For whatever reason, the salesman (he was GOOD!) convinced us to buy daily supplements (in the little daily multi-packs).  We failed to VERIFY that NO RED DYES were present in ANY of the supplements.  We DID mention her allergy to the salesman, though.

 

She spent the next afternoon in a local ER.  Her eyes had swollen shut and she was having difficulty breathing.  Even today, she is still feeling the effects of the dye, which turned out to be 'Red 40'.

 

FWIW, most artificial dyes are 'petroleum based', or are a member of the 'iron oxide' family.  WHY the FDA allows such 'ingredients' in foods and medicines is beyond me, especially when 'beet juice' can serve the same purpose.  To my knowledge, NO 'beet allergies' have been reported.

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Not to seem unsympathetic to your wife's plight, but putting poison in our food supply is becoming very common these days. Aspartame , the most common of artificial sweeteners is in virtually every thing that high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is not in. Aspartame is on record as causing all sorts of health problems, some even mimicking MS. HFCS is little better, as there is no real way for your body to process it.

If Monsanto is not stopped, GMO food will be even worse for most people in the long term.

Not time here to get into the entire thing on that.

We all have residue of Roundup in our bodies, a plant poison, not to mention various bug poisons as well. 

None of that stuff is good for any of us, most is bad, very bad, and for some people it is deadly. Yet, our Congress people, well financed by big agri is allowing this stuff in our food chain - most lately the Monsanto Protection Act.

Our food supply is being poisoned and apparently Congress is helping.

 

Originally Posted by Bestworking:

She should be checked. It sounds like something more serious going on than sensitivity to the red dye.

 

I gotta agree with you Jenn. This is kinda scary and sounds much more complex than just an allergy to food dyes. Maybe there is something else going on inside her body. 

Originally Posted by seeweed:

Not to seem unsympathetic to your wife's plight, but putting poison in our food supply is becoming very common these days. Aspartame , the most common of artificial sweeteners is in virtually every thing that high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is not in. Aspartame is on record as causing all sorts of health problems, some even mimicking MS. HFCS is little better, as there is no real way for your body to process it.

If Monsanto is not stopped, GMO food will be even worse for most people in the long term.

Not time here to get into the entire thing on that.

We all have residue of Roundup in our bodies, a plant poison, not to mention various bug poisons as well. 

None of that stuff is good for any of us, most is bad, very bad, and for some people it is deadly. Yet, our Congress people, well financed by big agri is allowing this stuff in our food chain - most lately the Monsanto Protection Act.

Our food supply is being poisoned and apparently Congress is helping.

 

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Hey, weed, I am surprised that you have been taken in by the Aspartame scare.  Cany you offer anything to rebut what the experts have said in the Snopes  link posted by Bestworking?

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp

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