Artificial food coloring makes kids hyper, say British scientists who wish to ban six different colorings. The European Council doesn't plan on issuing any such ban, however, despite the wishes of several powerful consumer and health groups.

Researchers have concluded after the study of 300 kids that there's a link between the colorings, a certain preservative, and hyperactivity in children. The worrisome additives, found in sweets, cakes, and fizzy drinks are: tartrazine (E102), quinoline yellow (E104), sunset yellow (E110), ponceau (E124), allura red (E129), carmoisine (E122) and sodium benzoate (E211). While Britain's Food Standards Agency, a government watchdog group, has called for a voluntary ban on these colorings, an actual government policy may be a long way off.

Further study will be underway. Maybe more conclusive findings will lead to more action.

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Sometimes the phrase "everything in moderation" just describes the situation perfectly. Take this guy, for example, who accidentally drank himself to death -- with water.

It's a tragic account of water intoxication, or hyper-hydration. How does something like this happen? Well, nobody around Shaun McNamara thought he was consuming too much liquid. But due to an unhealthy amount of water, vital nutrients such as sodium were diluted to a deadly level. He died from a swollen brain. The situation was ruled as an accidental death, but the 35-year-old had a history of depression. Water intoxication is very uncommon, but when it happens they usually link to a marathon runner.

Don't go bury your Aquafina or return your tap filter; it just goes to show you that even over-consumption of a good thing can be bad.

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