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Digital News Report – Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution is not a diet plan but a roadmap to healthy eating and healthy living (watch the full episode #1 below). It is more than just cutting down the calories.
The television series, which starts tonight on the ABC network, will explore the eating habits of Americans. The Brit will travel to one of the least healthy cities in the United States, Huntington, West Virginia.
Oliver will visit a school and talk to the cooks. He created some friction when he complained about the instant mashed potatoes. He told the other chefs that they were not mashed potatoes as he read off the ingredients. “It tastes like starchy stuff with nuts in it”, he told the camera man.
“This is about life and death”, Oliver explains. “I am going to start with this one family; grassroots and let it grow and grow and grow, and that is how you start a revolution. Real people, real change.”
Americans need more fruits and vegetables in their diet. He visited one family and discovered that they weren’t consuming the right foods. Pizza, corndogs, French fries…. The list went on. By placing all of the food in one place at one time the family realized what they were doing to themselves.
The series will premier tonight with a special two hour event.
By: Jason Chang
Maureen: Don’t you think if they get a new set of directions on what to cook for the kids, they could just simply follow it and be quiet!? They clearly can not think for themselves, so that should be all that is required to change them. They have been doing this every day for years because someone said “it’s ok”, they aren’t intelligent enough to realize what they’re doing so the higher-ups just need to tell them what new foods and proceedures to perform like the robots they are.
I just Tivo’d a copy of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. My hat is off to him.
I am shocked that our school system is so far behind times. We have shows like Dr. Oz, The Biggest Losers, etc., all of which are trying to address adult obesity. . .none addressing our future. Shame on us America!
The cooks are just doing what they are trained to do (abide by the rules as set forth by the school district, otherwise, find some other job). They aren’t against it so let’s not blame them. We have to lobby our government (FDA, USDA, etc.)to make changes and quit letting our kids eat the processed foods. In other words, it has to come from the bottom up approach versus what we have been living the top down.
Jamie is offering us (American Parents) an option to teach our kids better ways to eat and stay active. To me Jamie is the live version the adage “Give me a fish and I eat for a day. Teach me to fish and I eat for a lifetime.”
Jamie, if you need any help with your plight in America, you can count on me to be there. Heck, I am going to my kitchen right now and dumping out all of the crap food that is in my cupboards that I have been feeding not only to my family, but my beautiful grandchildren.
Thanks Jamie and keep your chin up. You have planted the seed now watch it grow!
Jamie,
I am not a big TV watcher, but you are doing what I have been complaining about for years. I have been so upset with what the schools are feeding our children and also that the adults in this country don’t know how to cook or what good nutrition is.
My grown son and I have been watching your program and he told me, mom I am so glad that you made us eat really good meals with veggies and a well balanced.
While watching your show I fixed a really great tuna salad on lettace leafs and avocado. When you were putting all of the ladies food in the middle of her table it almost made me sick.
If you ever come to California I would love to work with you. While writing to you my son just told me that you were just like me that if they didn’t eat they would be sent back to the table until they ate it.
When I ate in school cafeterias each teacher set at the table with their students and we had to eat everything on our plates. That also went for home.
I also believe that if these people really cared about what these kid put in there bodies they would let your meals be the only one cooked and the kids would have no choice in what to eat.
Thanks for what you are doing Jamie, I pray to God it will take hold.
OMG!! I just can’t believe what I saw tonight
Kids not knowing what a tomato or potato is…..
Not knowing how to use a knife and fork!!!
I feel sorry for these people. I feel sorry for the educators.
Jamie – what patience you must have, I would have walked out of that situation a long time ago (unless of course the pay was fitting). Good luck to all
Wow…How horrifying that the ignorance of nutritional info is so profound in our country! It’s high time that we understand that this is a form of child abuse of the worst kind & in classic form!!! The terrible eating habits are being passed on from generation to generation…it truly borders on criminal & the worst is, that we have allowed it! But it is stubborness coupled with ignorance, that allows this mentality to continue & sadly, thrive. This is the United States of America for God’s sake people!!! Let’s get with the program!
Jamie, let’s get an army of enlightened people out there to help educate & empower everyone possible!
Thanks be to heaven, Obama & the Democrats have begun to deal with real & affordable health care that will be of benefit to all of us!!!!!!!
Let me know what I can do in this regard!
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Jamie,
You are a sensitive caring person and a great man. Thank you for taking your precious time and putting up with so much, in order to get your word of eating healthy at schools and homes out. Women are listening now, keep up your good work, most of us who love dearly our future of America are behind you. Children and grandchildren are in need of your help badly.
It was sad to watch tonight what you make us see, and what kids put in their little bodies.
Please just don’t give up, negative people are everywhere and probably will try to make it difficult on you. Don’t let them stop your work.
Thanks God I was able to teach my son what I learned growing up at my home. Good habits, manners and that vegetables, fish, meats, grains, specially fruits, milk and water were the most important in our diet.
I used to watch your show and take recipes, we miss you…..
Thanks Jamie again and your family too.
God bless you where ever you go and let you Complete your “JAMIE’S FOOD REVOLUTION”.
jamie,
It’s about time someone is taking on this challenge and what a challenge it is. Just watched the new show tonight and it is scary the way people can’t see what they are doing to their children and themselves. As parents we are here to teach our children not to let them have what they want. Oh, and thank you for encouraging children to eat with a knive and fork. I think our society is getting lazy about table manner and how to eat properly. We can’t connect with our children when we dont’ sit down at the table for a meal. It is such a simple thing to do instead of eating out or watching TV while eating. Please keep on with this quest as it is so important for the health of our children.
I’m with you all the way as Canada is not far behind in this problem.
I was looking forward to watching the show with my entire family. My reactions were a lot stronger than even I anticipated. Was I surprised that people were resistant to new ideas about food prep and menus? No. Was I surpised at how indifferent and ignorant people were about why it wasn’t the best food ? Yes.
Jamie asking a group of ADULTS to contemplate the list of ingredients on a ‘frozen box’ of food and getting the answers he did made me cringe. “Chicken Breast is the first ingredient.” was the end all statement from Alice. Yes, that makes the other 30 synthetic additives okay. It IS a set-up to have a Brit plop down in a West Virgina Radio Station and experience a full-blown culture clash. It’s another thing for any individual to not acknowledge that this entire country (not just the town) has more than a slight problem with heart disease, type 2 diabetes and obesity. How many kids are there like Justin? Too many. Not everyone in WV was against this, ABC may have wanted it to feel that way since that makes good TV, but I sense that most were receptive to the wake up call.
Ultimately, WE have created our own situation. It’s our culture, our way of life that’s bred the lack of care in how we prepare our food, where it comes from and what effect it has on our bodies. Change starts with yourself not Jamie Oliver (as commendable as his efforts are). I’m trying with my family but I can do better. Let’s go!
Nice gig for Jamie Oliver. Wonder how much money he’s making off of this series?