Is It the Beginning or the End of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution?
As far as the short ABC network series is concerned, tonight was the end of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. Which seems like a pity to me. Because without the program and Jamie’s passionate rants, are Americans still going to care about the food they feed to their children? In tonight’s program it was depressing to see how easily the city of Huntington was going to fall off the wagon. Due to bureaucracy, the flagship revolution school was about to start feeding the kids processed food again since the freezers were loaded and needed to be emptied. Great, let’s just use those kids as garbage pails, after they’ve become accustomed to wholesome fresh food. Without Jamie fighting the bureaucracy, will any one else step into his shoes?
It was even more disturbing to see how parents were working against the program by sending in junky lunches for their kids instead of allowing them to have the school lunch program. It can’t even be argued in many of the examples that it was a matter of expense. Most of the lunches Jamie held up were more expensive than the school lunches. What’s up with that? Are the parents just too weak to tune out the complaints of their children? Everyone knows it takes time for most children to adapt to change.
If you believe in the Food Revolution like I do, there are a few things you can do in your own lives.
1. Remember that none of us are born requiring chicken nuggets to survive. We can live very well on food provided by Mother Earth.
2. Cook fresh, whole foods for yourself as often as possible. Jamie has proven that it doesn’t require hours to whip up a healthy meal.
3. If you need to use convenience, prepared foods, look at the label as Jamie suggested and if the ingredients sound like something you’d find in your Nan’s kitchen, it’s okay, e.g. flour, butter, sugar, etc.
4. Sign Jamie’s petition to show your support for the Food Revolution and your desire to save cooking skills and improve the food we feed to our kids.
Remember that unless we all care and work together, including parents, bureaucrats, teachers, and government, our kids could be on the way to a shorter lifespan than their parents.
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Falling off the wagon?? A very interesting way to describe the slide back to bad eating habits. Is it an addiction to junk? Laziness? Stupidity? All of these? As I said in an earlier post – some people have to be reached before they take their newborns home – maybe before they even think of having children! , before it becomes too late to change bad, lazy, stupid habits which turn children into food junkies at the least, and sick kids suffering from diabetes, heart disease, fatigue, inability to learn in class, etc. etc. Doesn’t all this sound like child abuse to you? Maybe Jaimie Oliver should take his revolution to pre-natal classes. While mom’s and dad’s are learning how to breath and push they can also be taught the basics of good nutrition.
Maybe the Jamie Oliver show was not so much about how to eat better than it was about showing us how easily we fail. Coming to terms with our failings may be far more difficult than the effort it takes to cook healthily.
I think I picked that term because Jamie compared it to telling an alcoholic or drug addict that they could indulge once in a while. Regarding kids, it is an addiction to the high salt and sugar in processed foods. Once you’ve been weaned from it the healthy stuff tastes fine. Interesting you compared it to child abuse because Jamie said the same thing when demonstrating some of the lunches the kids brought from home. One child’s lunch was comprised of jelly beans and tortilla chips. Scary. Another kid brought an apple and a phosphorescent blue jello cup. The teachers confirmed that the students were doing better in class and no longer falling asleep. I believe you’re on the right track about teaching parents before their kids are born, but my guess it that’s impractical since there’s too much newborn stuff to learn. Parents need a refresher course.
My, you’re quite a cynic today.