As a parent, it is impossible to protect your baby from everything that threatens his or her health and safety. It’s just not possible. And for any parent that tries to make their baby’s life perfect, they know how maddening it is when something you have been using all along starts to cause a terrible reaction. Like the recent news story that revealed how Johnson & Johnson’s talcum baby powder causes cancer. Who knew? And what could generations of parents have done about it when that was what they were told to use?
Something similar happened recently with Misty Lyn. She noticed her toddler getting a huge red rash over her legs. She didn’t know what was causing it. And mom was terrified that something was terribly wrong with her little Harper.
Little did Misty Lyn know but the “healthy” breakfast she was feeding her daughter was actually filled with poison…
Worried that the little girl might have brushed up against poison ivy or something, she begged her husband to walk her through the toddler’s morning. Together, they were going to get to the bottom of this reaction.
A huge red flag popped up, when Misty Lyn’s husband, Steve, told her that she ate the popular cereal, Apple Jacks, for the first time the morning when her rash first appeared.
Because this was the only new thing that had been introduced to her daughter’s life, Misty decided to do some research into Apple Jacks.
She was horrified to learn that Apple Jacks includes a poisonous ingredient that causes this allergic reaction in children every day.
“Had to take Harper to the doctors today. Had no clue what gave her this rash until Steve told me that she had Applejacks cereal for the first time this morning. Poor girl! Did more research on it and this is what I found…Apple Jacks has the most popular food dyes known to cause behavioral problems in children; yellow 6, blue 1, red 40 and BHT,” the mom wrote in a now viral Facebook post.
After realizing that Apple Jacks was poisoning her daughter, Misty threw away all of the cereal. Then she issued this warning to other parents online…
“These food dyes are now illegal in Europe, but perfectly acceptable in America. BHT is a common stabilizer in pesticides, gasoline, lubricants, and soaps, but are also found in Apple Jacks. Yellow 6 has been linked to tumors in lab mice and red 40 has been known to cause severe allergic reactions,” she continued.
Although some parents accused Misty Lyn of overreacting, she points to her daughter’s painful rash as evidenced of Apple Jacks’s unhealthy ingredients. Chemicals and dyes are no laughing matter and are not a natural thing for humans to eat.
“Please share with every parent you know. If we don’t get the food out about these dangerous food dyes, who will?” she concluded.