‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’: Synthetic food dyes linked to behavioral issues

They make your food bright and colorful, but synthetic food dyes are made from crude oil.

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The FDA took a big step just this year, banning cancer linked red dye 3 in our food. It is one of several dyes that may cause behavioral problems.

Channel 2 investigative reporter Sophia Choi talked to one Georgia family about their lifechanging story.

The family is on a mission to get the word out about food dyes and how they may affect people, especially kids.

They made a documentary about their own experience and how science backs up what they suspected.

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6-year-old Atreyu Cawood is calm as he plays with his sister 4-year-old Aslyn.

It is a total 180 from how he acted while eating foods with synthetic dyes over three years ago.

“It was kind of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” said Atreyu’s father, Brandon Cawood.

Find out what else the family discovered, starting at 5 p.m. on Channel 2 Action News.

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