Thank you so much for thinking outside of the box rather than just going the medicine route. I appreciate all of your words, ideas and insights.

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I can’t thank you enough for your book. I was embarking on my own food quest, when I stumbled across The Unhealthy Truth at the bookstore. It was exactly what I was looking for! While my children do not have allergies, I was beginning to probe into what was in the foods I was feeding my family.

I am currently reading The Omnivore’s Dilemma and again, I’m shocked. As you had also talked about in your book, I had no idea that corn was used in practically everything we eat.

I am astounded that the media has not done more with this topic. The processed foods that we were fed as children simply are not the same processed foods that I have been feeding my girls. Again, thank you so much for having the courage to bring this issue to the forefront.

So don’t always believe what the prescription happy doctors have to say. Listen to those of us who have lived through it and seen the difference, try it and decide for yourself.

We had a second son who was brought up with the healthy life style we had incorporated into our family. We had no problems with him until he started school. We’d get reports from the teacher he was acting up in class and they kept trying to pressure us to have him medicated for his “problems”. It had dawned on me that the kids are given snacks for good work and behavior. Upon asking the teacher what snacks she was giving him, I found out it was a variety of items loaded with food dyes. It took my husband and I one “experiment” with our son to figure out Red 40 was the direct problem. He is literally a different child when he injests it. Over the years we had told his teachers to please not give him snacks with artificial dyes and preservatives in them — and they just don’t get it. Then they complain when he’s having a bad day and want us to medicate him. He is now 11 and he has learned to read labels before he eats things. However he is a kid and sometimes when the entire class is eating Skittles, he just can’t resist.

I don’t understand how people and companies can think that our bodies are made to process chemicals. We have even discovered that flouride — which is added to our drinking water — is nothing more than poison. It is not good for your teeth. Read up on flouride and the history of how we ended up with it in our water and you will be horrified. We have to be advocates for our children and ourselves. The government and the FDA is not on our sides, it’s on corporate America’s side.

Congrats on the GMA spot! Thank you for helping to raise awareness of the dreadful effects of dyes and additives on our children. My 4 yr old was diagnosed with a “severe” case of ADHD, and we were urged to place him on stimulant medication. Instead, we stripped him off of dyes and additives and the results were AMAZING. Unfortunately, it is so hard for the untrained caregiver to recognize all of the different places dyes can hide, so virtually every time he comes back from a visit with his grandparents, we deal with four days of Red 40 aftershocks.

Please know that the work you are doing means the world to families like ours. If there is any way we (or my company) can support your efforts, please let us know!