Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution
If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend watching the new series with Jamie Oliver. It debuted on Friday March 26
(9:00-10:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. In the series, Jamie heads to Huntington, West Virginia – which has been called the unhealthiest city in America — to start his new cooking initiative. Last week’s show struck home. It took place in their local high school. I don’t want to take potshots at specific nutritionists or school cafeteria workers but when you watch the show, you begin to realize the role adult bureaucrats play in the decline of our school food offerings.
At one point, Jamie fixed a pasta dish with 7 vegetables in it accompanied by chicken teriyaki. The School Dietician slammed him for not having the “FDA approved” serving (1 1/2 cups) of vegetables. Know what she added to this mix to “improve” the serving size? French Fries. She closed the line with the veggie pasta dish and re-opened the regular line which offered a chicken patty between two pieces of white bun and french fries. Jamie asked her where the veggies were she replied that the french fries were vegetables and after all, there was a salad bar. Of course, a miniscule amount of kids visited the salad bar. The upshot? Most kids were back at square one – a fried chicken patty between two white buns and french fries. What kind of craziness is this?
Check out the show, you may be surprised at the dietary rules that dictate what your teens eat while at school. Food you are paying for by the way. And please SIGN THE PLEDGE TODAY!
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