The Red Pill Library

Peer-Reviewed Study · 2015

Pärtty A, Kalliomäki M, Wacklin P, Salminen S, Isolauri E

Seventy-five infants originally randomized to Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG or placebo during their first six months were followed for 13 years. This was an infancy-intervention follow-up, not…

Peer-Reviewed Study · 2004

Kuo FE, Taylor AF

Analysis of 452 usable parent surveys from a national Internet-based nonprobability sample found greener outdoor settings associated with greater parent-rated symptom reduction than built outdoor or…

Peer-Reviewed Study · 2021

Ponnou S, Théry B, Viellard M, et al.

Using French health-insurance and medication-safety data, the authors estimated ADHD identification around 0.3% among children ages 6–11. The abstract contrasts that estimate with an earlier 3.5%–5.6%…

Government Record · 2022

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

EPA’s analysis of NHANES reports a 95% decline in median blood lead among children ages 1–5 from 1976–1980 to 2015–2016. The 95th percentile fell from 29…

Government Record · 2026

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

NICE last reviewed NG87 on July 23, 2026 and decided not to update the recommendations on adapted trauma-focused treatment. The guideline will be reviewed again if…

Government Record · 2019

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

NICE requires persistent significant impairment after environmental modifications have been implemented and reviewed before medication for children aged five and over, with information discussion and baseline…

Peer-Reviewed Study · 2021

Ramus F, Peyre H

PubMed identifies a published comment challenging the very low French estimate, but expressly provides no abstract.

Government Record · 2021

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDC’s current blood lead reference value is 3.5 µg/dL, based on the 97.5th percentile for U.S. children ages 1–5 in NHANES 2015–2018. CDC states that no…

Peer-Reviewed Study · 2019

Wolraich ML, Hagan JF Jr, Allan C, et al.; AAP Subcommittee on Children and Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

The AAP recommends evidence-based parent training in behavior management and/or behavioral classroom intervention first for preschool-aged children, when available. Methylphenidate may be considered if behavioral interventions…

Government Record · 2026

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

FDA’s current position is that most children have no adverse effects while certain children may be sensitive. It repeats that the 2011 committee did not establish…

Government Record · 2019

Science Board to the FDA

FDA’s official account states that its 2011 Food Advisory Committee did not establish a causal link and recommended further research plus a comprehensive exposure assessment.

Peer-Reviewed Study · 2011

Pelsser LM, Frankena K, Toorman J, et al.

INCA randomized 100 children aged 4–8 to five weeks of restricted elimination diet or healthy-diet instructions, followed by double-blind food challenges in responders. Masked between-group ARS…

Peer-Reviewed Study · 2020

Shareghfarid E, Sangsefidi ZS, Salehi-Abargouei A, Hosseinzadeh M

Six dietary-pattern studies totaling 8,816 participants produced pooled associations for Western, junk-food, and healthy patterns. This is the closest located quantitative match, but it is a…

Government Record · 2025

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

FDA revoked Red No. 3 authorization after a 2022 petition because the Delaney Clause applies to color additives shown to induce cancer in animals. FDA also…

Peer-Reviewed Study · 2007

McCann D, Barrett A, Cooper A, et al.

Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled crossover study of 153 three-year-olds and 144 eight-/nine-year-olds. Mix A significantly increased global hyperactivity, but the challenge combined colors with sodium benzoate and…

Government Record · 2019

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The CDC landing record identifies the national biomonitoring report and its January 2019 updated tables. The underlying NHANES series covers 1999–2000 through 2015–2016, with random subsamples…

Peer-Reviewed Study · 2022

Moser VC, Batsel B, Bailey J, et al.

This review assessed 27 in vivo mammalian studies, rated 11 unreliable, and found only seven acceptable investigations of glyphosate alone. Motor activity was the most consistently…

Government Record · 2021

California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment

OEHHA’s 311-page assessment concludes that synthetic food dyes are associated with adverse neurobehavioral effects in sensitive children, including children with and without pre-existing behavioral disorders.

Government Record · 2025

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Food and Drug Administration

The April 2025 announcement described a national initiative and voluntary work with industry to eliminate Green No. 3, Red No. 40, Yellow No. 5, Yellow No.…

Peer-Reviewed Study · 2015

Yano JM, Yu K, Donaldson GP, et al.

Using germ-free and colonized mice, cell culture, and mouse/human microbiota experiments, the study found that indigenous spore-forming bacteria regulate host peripheral serotonin biosynthesis. It did not…

Peer-Reviewed Study · 2012

Nigg JT, Lewis K, Edinger T, Falk M

The meta-analysis found a small restriction-diet effect and small food-color effects that varied by informant, study quality, and publication-bias adjustment. Parent-reported food-color g was 0.18 and…

Peer-Reviewed Study · 2022

Phan ML, Renshaw TL, Caramanico J, et al.

This systematic review found promising evidence for some attention, ADHD-behavior, anxiety, executive-function, and conduct outcomes, while emphasizing variation in study quality. It did not supply the…

Peer-Reviewed Study · 2011

Bloch MH, Qawasmi A

Ten randomized placebo-controlled trials involving 699 children yielded a small significant benefit, with overall effect size 0.31 (95% CI 0.16–0.47). The authors expressly characterized efficacy as…

Government Record · 2018

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The federal guidelines recommend at least 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity daily for children and adolescents ages 6–17. This is a general health guideline, not…

Chlorine dioxide solution, DMSO, and colloidal silver applied to skin and wound repair. The book covers the proposed mechanism for each, the case documentation behind them,…

Aflatoxins are among the most potent naturally occurring carcinogens known, and they are routinely present in peanuts, corn, and spices. The book tracks contamination from farm…

Andrographis paniculata has been used in Ayurvedic and Traditional Chinese Medicine for centuries. The book covers its history across South and Southeast Asia, the research base…

Anemia is common, frequently misdiagnosed, and often treated without addressing what caused it. The book covers the forms it takes, the deficiencies and absorption failures underneath,…

Antibiotics are prescribed far beyond clinical necessity. The book covers what repeated courses do to the gut microbiome, the documented links to immune and neurological outcomes,…

Anxiety is treated as a chemical deficit and medicated accordingly. The book covers the nervous system mechanics underneath, the role of modern environment and stimulation in…

Nutrient synergy applied to whole-food formulations. The book covers which combinations increase absorption, which cancel each other out, and the preparation methods that preserve what is…

Sodium, potassium, and magnesium bicarbonates and their role in cellular pH regulation. The book covers the research base, the claims that outrun it, and practical application.

BPC-157 was isolated from gastric juice and studied first for ulcer treatment. The book covers the Japanese research from the 1990s, the animal and human data…

THC and CBDa, the endocannabinoid system they act on, and the legal history that separated the plant from its medical record.

Gluten elimination alone leaves many celiac patients symptomatic. The book covers intestinal permeability, chronic inflammation, and environmental load as compounding factors, and the protocols aimed at…

Chemotherapy descends directly from World War I mustard gas research. The book documents that lineage, the early toxicity warnings, the financial structure that made it standard…

Chlorine dioxide across health, industrial, and agricultural applications, and the regulatory position that governs each.

Chlorophyll and hemoglobin differ by a single central atom. The book covers that structural parallel, the photosynthesis chemistry underneath it, and the research on chlorophyll and…

The book examines the diet-heart hypothesis, the trial data behind statin approval, the absolute versus relative risk reduction the marketing relies on, and the metabolic factors…

Colloidal silver's documented use before antibiotics, what distinguishes true colloidal silver from ionic and protein-bound products, the research on its antimicrobial action, and the argyria risk…

Conolidine is a plant alkaloid studied for analgesic effect without the opioid receptor binding that drives dependency. The book covers the research to date, the extraction…

Root canals, mercury amalgam, and routine wisdom tooth extraction examined against their documented systemic effects. The book covers the financial incentives shaping standard practice and the…

Topical steroids suppress eczema without addressing what drives it. The book covers gut permeability, food triggers, and environmental load as systemic causes, and the steroid withdrawal…

Antiepileptic drugs control seizures without addressing what generates them. The book covers mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, gut health, and the ketogenic research, alongside the limits of…

Fever is an immune response, not a malfunction. The book covers the mechanism by which elevated temperature inhibits pathogens and accelerates immune activity, and examines how…

Which food combinations increase nutrient absorption and which block it, with the research behind each pairing.

Shinrin-yoku as practiced in Japan, and the physiological research behind it. The book covers the measured effects on cortisol, blood pressure, and natural killer cell activity,…

Glioblastoma carries a survival window measured in months under standard treatment. The book covers metabolic approaches, repurposed compounds, and clinical trial pathways outside the standard of…