We all know there has been a massive increase in the number of hyperactive children over the past 20 years. What has changed most in that time is the food our children are given. Highly-processed foods contain less than one-fifth of the nutrients of the food consumed a generation ago.
Some food seems to contain almost no food at all. Look, for example, at Raspberry Flavour Trifle. The packaging tells us some of the things it does contain - sugar, carrageenan, dipotassium phosphate, potassium chloride, adiptic acid, trisodium citrate, carboxy methyl cellulose, betanin, annatto, hydrogenated vegetable oil, propane-based emulsifiers, milk protein, beta-carotene and fat-reduced cocoa.
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