Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution is on!!!

karmasBFF

Right now, CST!

Its rerunning last weeks sneak peak! Highlt recommmended watch for the entire family! My son eats whole wheat pasta now! Just from watching the sneak peak last week!

karmasBFF

Sorry its on ABC

Mina133842

I watched the sneak peak last week - amazing - I used to eat school lunch every day- I felt sick afterward..

FabulousFifty

Watching it now...feeling so guilty about how I raised my kids! :sad: We eat healthier now as we know better. Anything with a shelf life is bad, bad, bad! REAL FOOD ROCKS! :happy:

bariachic

I live in Huntington... this show depresses me.

I used to eat out ALL the time... there are so many delicious restaurants.

Now we eat out once a week and it HAS to be under 500 calories.

karmasBFF

I live in Huntington... this show depresses me.

I used to eat out ALL the time... there are so many delicious restaurants.

Now we eat out once a week and it HAS to be under 500 calories.

Wow! Well Im so glad to see you are making the change! Hopefully, you will inspire more people in your area.

Have you seen an improvement since he was there? That radio host was pretty set on being against Jamie. A lot of people seem to have felt that way. Any input?

Mina133842

I think I'll be packing my son's lunch when he's old enough for school..

karmasBFF

I think I'll be packing my son's lunch when he's old enough for school..

All those times I told my son NO because he got free lunch at school...but at what COST to his health! i'd much rather pack his lunch with whole wheat bread, natural PB, fresh fruit and a healthy treat for the PRICE of $3.00 but the GIFT of a life lesson!

Thank you for pointing that out to me! It never crossed my mind in that sense! I owe you a bit of my son's health!!!! **I think I'm going to cry!**

AmandaB4588

I am really shocked at how little the kids know about fresh foods! This HAS to be exaggerated for TV purposes.

Mina133842

I haven't seen the episode yet, but I'll tell you - there are a lot of kids out there that really don't know anything about the fruit and vegetable aisle. If it's not an apple, banana, orange or strawberry, they may not have been exposed to it. I've been trying out new stuff for a while, but when my husband moved out here (Washington state) he had never had the following: fresh spinach, mango, asparagus, kiwi, plums, nectarines, spaghetti squash, butternut squash.... the list goes on.. now, I buy different stuff every now and then, because I haven't always had something, but usually willing to try something new- love trying out new recipes, which is usually how something turns up on the shopping list.

TuscanySun

I'm so glad you posted this! I dint know it was on but had been hoping to see it. Missed most but at least I know when its on now.

thanks

meganwojo

I think I'll be packing my son's lunch when he's old enough for school..

I said the same thing!

karmasBFF

I am really shocked at how little the kids know about fresh foods! This HAS to be exaggerated for TV purposes.

Sadly, my son didnt know some of them either. What an eye opener...

iRun4wine

I am a part of the "Healthy Communities" initiative in the school district I work in. I actually want to use my sociology and my elementary education degrees to go into working with kids & nutrition, and this show just 100% exemplifies WHY I want to do that with my life :flowerforyou:

BrendaLee

I am really shocked at how little the kids know about fresh foods! This HAS to be exaggerated for TV purposes.

Was that a radish he held up, and the little girl said it was celery? And the boy who thought the eggplant was a pear.

It was sad and funny at the same time.

jewelinvic

I am really shocked at how little the kids know about fresh foods! This HAS to be exaggerated for TV purposes.

Was that a radish he held up, and the little girl said it was celery? And the boy who thought the eggplant was a pear.

It was sad and funny at the same time.

It was a beet that the little girl thought was celery.

sonjavon

I am really shocked at how little the kids know about fresh foods! This HAS to be exaggerated for TV purposes.

Sadly - I don't think it was exaggerated. I've told the story on here before of having to explain the difference to the cashier at the grocery store between a zucchini and a cucumber. I bought a spaghetti squash the other day and the GROWN LADY behind me in line asked me what it was.

I was amazed when he went into the one ladies house.... it wasn't that she was necessarily too lazy to cook for her kids or too busy.... she was frying homemade donuts each morning! Seriously? I felt so bad for her... because you could tell that although she knew it wasn't "good" for her family... it hadn't clicked that it was "that bad".

It was definitely a good watch. My son asked if we could go to the store to get stuff for him to take lunches when he goes back to school after Spring Break! YAY!

karmasBFF

I am really shocked at how little the kids know about fresh foods! This HAS to be exaggerated for TV purposes.

Sadly - I don't think it was exaggerated. I've told the story on here before of having to explain the difference to the cashier at the grocery store between a zucchini and a cucumber. I bought a spaghetti squash the other day and the GROWN LADY behind me in line asked me what it was.

I was amazed when he went into the one ladies house.... it wasn't that she was necessarily too lazy to cook for her kids or too busy.... she was frying homemade donuts each morning! Seriously? I felt so bad for her... because you could tell that although she knew it wasn't "good" for her family... it hadn't clicked that it was "that bad".

It was definitely a good watch. My son asked if we could go to the store to get stuff for him to take lunches when he goes back to school after Spring Break! YAY!

So it looks like Jamie Oliver is changing America's children without ever having stepped into their state! YAY JAMIE!!!

ltlhmom

OK I so can't wait to see it next week!

weaklink109

Just watched about the last 45 minutes of the show. What an eye opener. I don't have any kids, except the 4 footed variety--you know with tales, and they think they are strange little kids with lots of hair, but that is another story. LOL.

I thought it was amazing to watch the young teen boy when they did the segment with him cooking. I hope they will follow up with that family in subsequent shows. Another thing that was amazing to me was how the school staff were oblivious to the food at one point and obsessing over cutlery, and also their concern about the labor intensity needed to make healthy food. Of course, we ARE in the country that considers ketchup as well as french fries to be "vegetables" so why should I be surprised??

The title character, Jamie, was on a syndicated talk show in the last week or so, and it was amazing to hear the reaction of the locals to his attempts to improved their children's health. I am looking forward to the next episode.

BrendaLee

I am really shocked at how little the kids know about fresh foods! This HAS to be exaggerated for TV purposes.

Was that a radish he held up, and the little girl said it was celery? And the boy who thought the eggplant was a pear.

It was sad and funny at the same time.

It was a beet that the little girl thought was celery.

Aha! I didn't know what it was either, but I knew it wasn't celery. lol

tlapdx72

Loved the show. I am not surprised at what the school feeds the kids. I was so grossed out when he showed the kids how they make chicken nuggets:sick: . I don't eat chicken nuggets, and I don't eat hotdogs either, since I saw how they are made.:laugh:

sonjavon

Can you imagine how kids' problems with ADD, ADHD, behaviour issues, learning disabilities and so on would improve or go away altogether? I can tell you that it makes a difference! My son is dyslexic and supposedly has ADD. SInce we started eating better - he has more ability to cocentrate. Things don't seem like such a "BIG DEAL". And he doesn't seem to have as much difficulty with school work. Does he still have dyslexia? Yes - but he's able to cope with it better! Does he still have ADD? I'm honestly not sure I ever believed the diagnosis... I think it was a symptom of being freaked out by the dyslexia.

nolachick

Loved the show. I am not surprised at what the school feeds the kids. I was so grossed out when he showed the kids how they make chicken nuggets:sick: . I don't eat chicken nuggets, and I don't eat hotdogs either, since I saw how they are made.:laugh:

I almost threw UP! never eating another chicken nugget in my life! :noway: :noway:

TheRM

Loved the show. I am not surprised at what the school feeds the kids. I was so grossed out when he showed the kids how they make chicken nuggets:sick: . I don't eat chicken nuggets, and I don't eat hotdogs either, since I saw how they are made.:laugh:

I almost threw UP! never eating another chicken nugget in my life! :noway: :noway:

If you noticed, he said "thank god this isn't how they make them over here, but it's still a good experiment".

However, in the typical 'nugget', you can find something similar to the following:

Chicken, water, salt, modified corn starch, sodium phosphates, chicken broth powder (chicken broth, salt, and natural flavoring (chicken source)), seasoning (vegetable oil, extracts of rosemary, mono, di- and triglycerides (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triglycerides) , lecithin).

Battered and breaded with water, enriched bleached wheat flour (niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiamine_mononitrate#Occurrence_in_foods), riboflavin, folic acid), yellow corn flour, bleached wheat flour, modified corn starch, salt, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrophosphate) , sodium aluminum phosphate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leavening_agent#Chemical_leaveners) , monocalcium phosphate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monocalcium_phosphate), calcium lactate), spices, wheat starch, dried whey, corn starch.

Batter set in vegetable shortening. Cooked in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, (may contain partially hydrogenated soybean oil and/or partially hydrogenated corn oil and/or partially hydrogenated canola oil and/or cottonseed oil and/or sunflower oil and/or corn oil). TBHQ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tert-Butylhydroquinone) and citric acid added to help preserve freshness. Dimethylpolysiloxane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydimethylsiloxane) added as an anti-foaming agent.

Mina133842

just goes to show- ignorance is bliss, and how far we've come as a society that packaged foods and everything that's fast and convenient is what the norm is now, versus fresh foods. I'm guilty of it too, but making changes in my own home to try new things, and incorporate more veggies, and my husband is AWESOME too, he bakes chicken breasts, and we have salad, or veggies with dinner, our son will NOT be eating that processed garbage all the time. Gross!

twonabunny

My husband and I watched the show last night and loved it. We have always cooked "odd" food, at least according to our friends. Odd food to a lot of them is the beet, egg plant, and other really cool vegetables. My kids actually like most vegetables, because we give them a chance to pick out what we eat and they help cook. My kids started cooking with me at age 5, and I mean real cooking, like making homemade soups, meatloafs(we usually grind our own meats), and chicken meals. Unfortunately we also have eaten a lot of the processed stuff too, time and money(loss of jobs or hours) can play a lot into that.

My kids do know where their food comes from (meats and their vegetables/fruit). We have made sure they that understand the gracery store is not where food comes from. Unfortunately many parents have not taught their kids that or may do not know themselves how food gets to the store. I think Jamie's show is helping these kids to really learn that lesson. My husband and I have always kidded that most families could not survive if we had a major disaster and had to depend on our own skills to get food. Sadly this show is proving that to be more reality than just a joke.

I do believe that this is one reality show worth watching with the whole family.

Mina133842

I agree. My husband and I were talking about that the other day- if a major disaster happened, and lasted more than a few weeks...we love the Life After People show.... the only survivors would be zombies, or the Amish. lol