27 March 2010
I wanted to discuss a topic that has recently peaked my interest. Have you seen Jamie Oliver's recent television show called Food Revolution?
The show aired last night, Friday March 26th on ABC. It is produced by Ryan Seacrest who was on Oprah Friday afternoon and discussed the revolution that he and Jamie are trying to start. It shouldn't be an unfamiliar revolution since Michele Obama has also taken on child obesity in the United States as her focus while her husband is in office.
Take a look at Jamie's website http://www.jamieoliver.com/campaigns/jamies-food-revolution
There is a petition that he has started. He wants to get upwards of 1 million signatures and plan to take it to the White House. We need our government to understand that we demand that our children's meals at schools across the country be made up of whole foods not processed foods.
Obesity is an epidemic in our country and in fact child obesity is growing at an alarming rate. This is the first generation that will NOT live longer then their parents did. Outrageous!
We as parents can control what type of food our children eat! Start packing lunches if your school is not offering healthy choices. This is not going to change overnight, but we do have a choice. Show our schools and our government that we do not approve of the processed food served to our children.
Begin to show your children what the healthy foods are. Pack them in their lunches. Try new things. Spend a little extra time for their sack.
In fact you will see improved behavior & sleep habits when your kids eat whole foods. Get the additives and chemicals our of their bodies. Try some of the suggestions I made in my blog Healthy Snacks for Your Child's Lunch: http://bit.ly/c3YXGl
I have recently been following another blogger who has started a school lunch blog. http://fedupwithschoollunch.blogspot.com/ check it out.
Please go to Jamie Oliver’s link and sign the petition. Also get into your school and find out what your children are eating at school. I will guess it is not what you would want to eat for lunch!!!
But today we wouldn't be going there was too much snow and ice to travel on the roads safely.
Salt. It's an ingredient that many of us watch when buying food or preparing foods. "Oh I try not to eat those they have too much salt!" "Did you salt this?" We've all heard these statements.
