Jamie Oliver is wonderful. His show, Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, has come to America to expose the disasterous effects of what we eat in this country. It's quite sad that a European had to be the one to bring light to the situation, but at least America is slowly beginning to listen.
In tonight's episode, Jamie was threatened to be arrested for being on school property in LA. Sad--the school board refuses to let him in to any schools and the one school he is allowed in (a contracted school, not run by the LA school district) will no longer allow him to even talk to kids about the lunches they serve at the school. How ridiculous is that?! Has our nation truly come to that? Shouldn't it be our right to discuss what our kids are eating? If the school board won't let him in, it's likely because they've got something to hide, and by the first episode where children brought lunches to Jamie's kitchen, I'd have to agree. Food cooked in plastic wrapping and paper plates. All the food had the same monotone color and looked disgusting. I do understand that media (likely including this show) goes to the extreme, but obviously America needs this show to be extreme to get the point across.
Jamie interviewed a 17 year old student in this episode who had already lost family members to type 2 diabetes (formerly known as "Adult onset diabetes" but due to the high rate in kids, it's now known as "Type 2") and her mother, father and 13 year old sister already have this diagnosis. It's frustrating that this has to happen and the young girl was so upset, thinking that she would be next. If America would put up a fight, learn to eat better (and NOT according to the food pyramid, which is not really acceptable either), our youth wouldn't be so obese and having a projected life span of less years than their parents.
Come on America! I know I don't have all the answers, but I'm a stubborn little thing, and my goal is to educate to help one child and one family at a time. Who's with me?!
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