Maybe blame the FDA

Violence in society.
Violence in my household. 
They are vastly different kinds of violence, but I can't help but wonder if their cause is the same. 

My 5 year old started going haywire, like her brain was having a malfunction. 
She had this pent up rage she couldn't get out of her body fast enough. 
It was an allergic response. 
To a food additive. 

We cut it out, and  not only is she not violent anymore, she is no longer climbing the walls. For about a year I couldn't connect with her on a normal level, she was there but she wasn't there, a lot of the time.

As it turns out, I was causing it by buying her products containing a petroleum-based substance her body simply cannot metabolize without malfunctioning. So we threw out the toothpaste and the tylenol and the bubble bath and the candy and the gummies and the cereal.

4 weeks later and it's like we have a new kid. She eats candy still, she eats chocolate still, she eats everything she used to, the only difference is that the artificial colour is not there. 

So why was she violent after consuming artificial colours?
It's a specific genetic trait that 8 % of the population have, that renders them unable to tolerate dye. 

The FDA ruled that if only 8% are affected, then there's no need to take it off the shelves. No further insight into this unfortunate 8% who don't realize they are affected, have no reason to believe they should be abstaining from certain foods, and which no test exists. They are simply living with anxiety, depression, possible rage and ADHD symptoms, with no known cause, never thinking it could be the Gatorade. 

Studies found a link between histamine and behavioural symptoms with polymorphisms in the HNMT gene. HNMTT939C and DRD4rs740373 polymorphisms. 

A biological reason for increased violence, somehow makes it seem solvable. That's me being hopeful. But I know I just sound crazy.