So, with St Patrick’s Day just around the corner, why not celebrate with green food and drinks.
But we all know that just adding the green food coloring or any food coloring has been linked to cause allergies, hyperactivity and cancer.
Food coloring is found in everything from candy, breakfast cereals, to salad dressing and flavored drinks.
These dyes are so common in U.S. foods — especially kids’ foods — that parents don’t think twice about giving their children rainbow-colored cereal or fluorescent blue “juice”.
Even though the FDA says the colored products are safe, Dr Yucel at Natural Pediatrics in Hackensack recommends avoiding these ingredients, as they can cause health issues, with allergies and hyperactivity in children being only the tip of the iceberg.
In their 58-page report, “Food Dyes: A Rainbow of Risks,” CSPI revealed that nine of the food dyes currently approved for use in the United States are linked to health issues ranging from cancer and hyperactivity to allergy-like reactions — and these results were from studies conducted by the chemical industry itself.
Fortunately, in nature, there is an abundance of green plant foods. So we don’t need to take away the fun of celebrating colorful holidays to avoid jeopardizing our health.
Green juices and green smoothies are especially fun to have with your children for St. Patty’s celebration. Even picky eaters may agree to give those drinks a try on such occasion.
So for your St. Patty’s celebration, go green with these juicing recipes.
Irish Twist
3 cups fresh baby spinach
1 Lime
1 large tomato
2-3 carrots and 1/2 carrot top bunch
1/2 bunch parsley
1 stalk celery
Luck of the Parsley
1 handful parsley
2 apples
1 handful spinach
1 cucumber
1 lemon
1-inch piece ginger
Green Morning
4-6 carrots
4 stalks of celery
1/2 lemon
1 Macintosh or other apple
Enjoy!
And remember, it’s not just St Patrick’s Day that you can celebrate with green food and drinks.
In fact, drink them with your kids every day for optimal health and wellness.
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