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The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

1KHO 356: Behind the Color - How Synthetic Dyes Impact Our Kids' Health | Brandon and Whitney Cawood, To Dye For Documentary

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.91.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In this eye-opening episode of The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast, Ginny Yurich sits down with Whitney and Brandon Cawood, the creators of the groundbreaking documentary To Dye For. Whitney and Brandon share their personal journey of discovering how synthetic food dyes were dramatically affecting their child’s behavior, leading them to explore the hidden dangers of these dyes in everyday foods. They discuss the alarming presence of synthetic dyes in school lunches, medications, and even personal care products, and how these seemingly harmless additives can lead to a host of behavioral and health issues in children. The Cawoods also provide hope, offering solutions for parents and advocating for change through their powerful film. Tune in to learn how this couple is working to raise awareness and inspire others to take action for the health and well-being of all children. ** Join the Dye-Free Facebook group here Sign up for the newsletter here ** Download your free 1000 Hours Outside tracker here >> https://www.1000hoursoutside.com/trackers Find everything you need to kick off your 1000 Hours Outside Journey here >> https://www.1000hoursoutside.com/blog/allthethings Order of copy of Ginny's newest book, Until the Streetlights Come On here >> https://amzn.to/3RXjBlN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey friends, I am so glad we're hanging out today. This has been an interesting week on the

0:05.0

podcast. Back in August I reached out to Dr. Kate Shanahan to talk about her book Dark

0:10.2

Calaries because it had been so impactful for my own life and health.

0:15.0

And later that month, Brandon and Whitney Kewood also reached out to talk about their

0:20.8

documentary about Foodai,

0:22.6

and this one surrounds their own personal story

0:25.0

with their son.

0:26.7

It's been an honor to tell these stories.

0:28.4

I know this is a little different path

0:30.2

than the topics that we usually talk about on this podcast, but they all surround the health and well-being of our kids.

0:37.0

And I was thinking earlier this week about a quote that Kim John Payne who wrote simplicity parenting and many other

0:44.6

phenomenal books said years ago he said we're living in an undeclared war on

0:50.6

childhood and that's what these episodes really made me think that this is affecting our children

0:57.3

in a large variety of ways and it is diminishing the quality of their lives.

1:03.6

The CDC reported that over 40% of kids have chronic disease.

1:08.4

And so these conversations, they matter.

1:11.0

And I'm so glad you're here for them.

1:13.0

Someone commented just yesterday

1:15.0

that they listened to the podcast episode

1:17.0

with Dr. Kate Shanahan

1:19.0

about her book Dark Calaries

1:20.0

and they're going to be reading her books

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