Food Revolution!

A week ago today, the show, Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, kicked off on ABC. Jamie Oliver is a chef from Britain known for his cook books, and a few tv shows about getting British schools back to eating healthy. He is particularily good at making great tasteing recipes that are simple enough for the average person to make successfully, and at using simple ingredient that everyone will have in their kitchen. His new show seeks to reintroduce healthy, wholesome foods into home, work, and school kitchens. He started his journey in Huntington, West Virginia, which has been recently labeled the unhealthiest city in America. He began by cooking in a local school, and trying to convince the school's administration to letting him cook meals with wholesome foods rather than a bunch of processed ingredients. Previously, the school had been serving pizza, chicken nuggets, processed potatoes, and other junk foods. When Oliver took over, he gave the kids veggies, rice, and chicken, for one meal anyway. While watching, I was so surprised at the negative response that many of the other cooks gave him, and even the lady in charge of the meals in the school district. They were really down on the fact that the meals were a little more tedious to prep and that the kids were at first skeptical. It surprises me that people would value time and their kids tastebuds more than their childrens health. I understand that many families feel that they don't have the time or the income to provide their kids with good meals that they will actually eat, but Oliver is proving that you don't need a lot of fancy foods or money to make healthy, tasty meals. America has become one of the most unhealthy nation in the world, not because of a lack of good food, but rather because of an excess of bad food, and a lie that eating healthy is just way too hard. The generation growing up now is the first generation in American history who have a shorter life expectancy than their parents did. I really hate reality TV, it is never close to reality. But Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution is very real and the implication for eating healthier could be real for millions of Americans. Something definitely needs to change so that America can go back to the basics of food and just live healthier lives