Bipolar

I just had a conversation with a lady regarding her grandchild.   He, at 6 years of age, showed solid signs of bipolar behavior.  The mother, for whatever reason, went organic and eliminated all food coloring.   The behavior reduced in days and was eliminated in weeks … until he went to a friends house and had a snow cone.   And yes, a few more days on his diet and the behaviors reduced again.

I give the story credence because grandma approached me because she was concerned the diet might be harmful.  I told her that as long as nothing harmful was added to the diet and the diet was balanced, there should be no harm.  As for the benefits, if it works, why change it?

I don't doubt it. I've heard some incredible stories about reactions to artificial food colors and the changes when they're removed! There is zero benefit to them, except how they increase sales since people are drawn to colorful foods.

My husband gave up artificial colors for a month and then ate a cookie with lots of colored frosting. He didn't believe me about their effects until afterwards, when he felt so miserable. I tried to my sympathetic, but I also admit to saying, "I told you so." :)

I heard of a school that switched the diet of a group of kids with behavior problems to a low carb, high protein, real food kind of diet. By Friday, the kids were doing great. They would go home and eat junk food all weekend, and come back wild on Monday... but by Friday they would be doing well again.

I firmly believe that food has far more effect on mental health than most people realize.

If it is working then stick with it.