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When you switch to fiber-rich foods, you're no longer eating foods associated with cancer and cardiovascular disease - foods with more saturated fat, salt, preservatives, dyes, refined sugar and bleached flour.

Call it St. Patrick's Day in September: A dye test on the Brodhead Creek, conducted by the Brodhead Creek Regional Authority, turned the creek an unimaginable shade of green Wednesday around noon. Traces of the concentrated food coloring were still visible by dusk Wednesday.

Top-selling children's medicines contain artificial additives which have been shown to trigger hyperactive behaviour, the Daily Mail reveals. As fears grow over the effects of such dyes in food, a study has found one or more of these additives in 18 over-the-counter and GP-prescribed medicines.

A carefully designed study released Thursday in The Lancet, a leading British medical journal, shows that a variety of common food dyes and the preservative sodium benzoate — an ingredient in many soft drinks, fruit juices, salad dressings and other foods — causes some children to become more hyperactive and distractible than usual.

Allergy is a disorder of the immune system that is often called atopy. Allergic reactions occur to environmental substances known as allergens; these reactions are acquired, predictable and rapid. Strictly, allergy is one of four forms of hypersensitivity and is called type I (or immediate) hypersensitivity. It is characterized by excessive activation of certain white blood cells called mast cells and basophils by a type of antibody, known as IgE, resulting in an extreme inflammatory response. Common allergic reactions include eczema, hives, hay fever, asthma, food allergies, and reactions to the venom of stinging insects such as wasps and bees.Mild allergies like hay fever, are highly prevalent in the human population and cause symptoms such as allergic conjunctivitis, itchiness and runny nose. Similarly, conditions such as asthma are common, in which allergy plays a major role. In some people, severe allergies to environmental or dietary allergens, or to medication, occur that may result in life-threatening anaphylactic reactions and potentially death.A variety of tests now exist to diagnose allergic conditions; these include testing the skin for responses to known allergens or analyzing the blood for the presence and levels of allergen-specific IgE. Treatments for allergies include allergen avoidance, use of antihistamines, steroids or other oral medications, immunotherapy to desensitize the response to allergen, and targeted therapy.