Comments on: Jamie Oliver’s food revolution. Yes!

By: Rick T

Rick T — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:42:01 +0000

Marion Nestle and Jamie Oliver aren’t very smart if you ask me. sure we need to change some of the things we eat. who decided that it ws up to someone else to tell me i can’t have the foods that i want. You can’t and should force people to change. First off they won’t do it. this nation wasn’t built on telling people what they could or could not do. Neither of you have the right to force these kids or anyone else for that matter to eat what you want them too. the way to get people to change is to teach them the right things to eat ans why they should eat them. it is the persons free choice to decide whether or not to eat them. If you try to force kids to et what they don’t want they will just stop eating. adults are the same way except adults won’t stop eating they will just fix what they want. Its like smoking. for years people were shown pictures of cancerous lungs from smoking. None of that scare tactics worked. what worked is teaching people the smoking cause cancer. the way to avoid lung cancer is to not smoke. you can’t tell people what to do. they will rebel most of the time. what you do is teach and lead them to where they need to be. They still have a God given right to chose for themselves whether or not to follow. It seems in this day and age that the more educated a person is the dumber they are.

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:56:55 +0000

(And what’s with that “Courtesy of Reason” author’s weird personal enmity? I’m a little creeped out by that, and can’t help but wonder what part of that counts as reason.)

By: Megan

Megan — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:40:56 +0000

Is food really that bad in the US? This is just too sad. Those poor kids not getting all the proper nutrition–and they are in school. =( I hope more parents would watch the show and would develop more concern for their children’s health.
It’s time for this http://budurl.com/9k9j

By: Denis Stearns

Denis Stearns — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:33:28 +0000

The very first foodborne illness outbreak lawsuit that we ever had go to trial, and to jury verdict, involved elementary school food, and the commodity (read: free) ground beef that the school used to make tacos for lunch. Long story short: undercooked ground beef and E. coli O157:H7 don’t mix well, and certainly not when fed to children. Of the many still vivid memories I have of this case, there is one that really came back to me watching Jamie Oliver’s new show. The “lunch ladies” don’t really do much cooking. Mostly it’s just reheating things like chicken nuggets and french fries. The outbreak that gave rise to this particular lawsuit was largely the result of a taco lunch, made from frozen ground beef, was too complicated of a dish for them to safely prepare. And, not surprisingly, it was one of the only things that they ever made from scratch, and in large quantities because “taco day” was, as one “lunch lady” explained, “is really, really popular with the kids.” The more things change, the….

By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:56:05 +0000

I really do hope this show does some good, though frankly I have my doubts. For one thing, I think that, in many American minds, a British accent is just elitist ore pretentious just by itself. For another, he seems so dang EARNEST! But I will keep my fingers crossed.

Incidentally, what the heck kind of adult doesn’t recognize something like raw cauliflower and what form are they eating it in if the raw thing is completely unfamiliar?

By: Gina

Gina — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:50:48 +0000

The show was great, I’m a big fan of Jamie’s and totally agree that our country, our neighbors, our school need a food revolution. It is time for a wake up call and they’re not always pleasant or welcomed with open arms – much like my alarm call that wakes me up each day. Cheers to Jamie for getting national media time to do what no one has.

For me, I wanted to cry when those 1st graders couldn’t identify common fruits and vegetables that mine have recognized since they could eat them. I watched the show with my 6YO son and was proud when he was grossed out by the chicken patty experiment. He asked, “mom, why would anyone want to make something so bad”?

It’s going to take a lot more than Jamie Oliver and his show to truly have impact on the health of our nation but people are talking and that’s a huge step in the right direction!

Hooray…hooray…hooray!

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:57:17 +0000

I thought Food Revolution was great. I could not believe how resistant some of the people were to even entertaining the idea of changing their eating habits. It shows how brain washed the average American has become with the bombardment of fast food options everywhere and the broad acceptance these foods get even from our government, i.e. the frozen chicken nuggets and “breakfast” pizza served to our children and considered nutritionally adequate by the USDA??? I think it boils down to the fact that people do not like to be told they are WRONG, nor do they want to think that what they’re feeding their kids could be killing them. It’s time to wake up America!!!

By: Sheila

Sheila — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:21:02 +0000

Loved the show. Was sad to see all the “lunch ladies” were so overweight themselves, made me think no wonder they don’t see reason to change the food, this is how they must eat also. And, I thought it was a telling moment about what parents must be doing (or not doing) at home when the kids don’t recognize real fruits and vegetables…obviously they are not seeing those things at home, either. Good food choices and habits start at home, obviously not getting done. Noticed many of the parents shown in the town scenes were also obese. Both the home and the school environments need changing.

By: Marion

Marion — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:14:46 +0000

@Jenna–on the difference between glucose and fructose, please see my FAQ on high fructose corn syrup.

By: jenna

jenna — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:59:02 +0000

Could you please comment on this lecture? He talks a lot about the difference between glucose and fructose, especially around the 45 minute mark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM