Food revolution?

Nukke

Does anyone watch Jamie Oliver's Food revolution?  I LOVE THIS SHOW!  It's addictive, frustrating, saddening, and horrifying.

becca474

I watched it the first time it was on a year ago. I haven't caught any of the new ones though. I love his passion but I think sometimes he comes across like a know it all.

AlwaysABridesmaid...

I watched the first season and I LOVED it! I record it so when I have time I willl catch up. The show just absolutely amazes me! And some of the lunch ladies from last year p*ssed me off so bad! Makes me not want to send my kids to school. My MIL is a lunch lady and they have very strict guidlines for what they serve that is governed by the state but I honestly wonder who makes those up because some of the stuff they serve is just plain not good for you!

christieep

I haven't watched it but I know I would get SO frustrated.  I work at a school and the lunch they serve here is total crap.  They have the same excuse that a lot of school cafeterias have, "kids won't eat healthy food."  Well 40% of our kids are on free and reduced lunch so they will eat healthy food if that is their only option and I'm willing to bet a lot of other kids will eat it because they will be too lazy to pack their own lunch.  Healthy food doesn't have to taste bad and it is not more expensive!!  At my school at least it is pure laziness!  Hardly anything is served in our cafeteria that wasn't once frozen or in a can.  It is despicable and probably the reason that in 9 years of working here I haven't eaten cafeteria food once.

End rant.

Nukke

christieep:

I haven't watched it but I know I would get SO frustrated.  I work at a school and the lunch they serve here is total crap.  They have the same excuse that a lot of school cafeterias have, "kids won't eat healthy food."  Well 40% of our kids are on free and reduced lunch so they will eat healthy food if that is their only option and I'm willing to bet a lot of other kids will eat it because they will be too lazy to pack their own lunch.  Healthy food doesn't have to taste bad and it is not more expensive!!  At my school at least it is pure laziness!  Hardly anything is served in our cafeteria that wasn't once frozen or in a can.  It is despicable and probably the reason that in 9 years of working here I haven't eaten cafeteria food once.

End rant.

This is the main point that grinds my gears.  This simple fact is time and time again overlooked.  Because, don't you see, that FREEDOM!  and CHOICE! are apparently so much more important than health.  This is even true on a bigger scale.  People wonder why North Americans have obesity issues, and imho a lot of this has to do with the hordes of choices and brands that are out there.  One trip to my tiny grocery store down the street here revealed 7 different chocolate chip cookie brands, 9 different flavours of frozen cakes to choose from and an 2 separate aisle devoted to junk... it's too much choice.  When I was in Finland, the junk food aisle at my local grocery store was tiny.  There was one choice of chocolate chip cookies, and no icecream cakes.  Guess what. I wasn't complaining about my freedoms being lost.  I was skinny and healthy, and learned to live without the crap really fast.  

I love this show, though, seriously.  LOVE IT.  The flavoured milk "seminar" boiled my blood.  I can't believe how health food "professionals" could even listen to that drivel, let alone follow it.

EmDizzle

I didn't catch last season, but I started this season.  You describe it perfectly : addictive, frustrating, saddening, and horrifying.

 I love that he's not only trying to open the eyes of school admin, but also to just the general public, being prime time on a major network.  Everyone and their brother just eat what the 'BIG STORE THAT MAKES BOXES OF FOOD BRIGHT AND SHINY' hands them.  It breaks my heart.  I don't think these people are stupid. I've had to put a ridiculous amount of time and energy into researching just about everything I take home to my kitchen, there's no way that everyone can do this.  The problem is, big companies take advantage of this fact and instead of making healthy options more available and affordable, they make what is cheap and "tastes good", and make the box real colorful just so they can make a buck and make you feel full.   That's what breaks my heart.