Jamie Oliver Food Revolution

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Who's seen the show? Youtube it if you haven't.

Discuss...

I started watching this show right when the 2nd episode aired. I then accumulated copies of most of his shows, organized them in chronological order, and then watched them back-to-back; one after another. October of this year his new show 30 Minute Meals (40 Episodes) will start airing.

2005 - Jamie's School Dinners (4 Episodes)
2006 - Jamie's Return To School Dinners (1 Episode)
2007 - Jamie At Home - Season 1 (12 Episodes)
2008 - Jamie At Home - Season 2 (14 Episodes)
2008 - Jamie's Fowl Dinners (1 Episode)
2008 - Jamie's Ministry of Food (4 Episodes)
2009 - Jamie's American Road Trip (6 Episodes)
2009 - Jamie Saves Our Bacon (1 Episode)
2010 - Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution (6 Episodes)
2010 - Jamie Does (6 Episodes)

As for what I thought of the Food Revolution show, it was definitely interesting to watch. If all activists had that type of tenacity, we might have a better system across many more industries. I'd definitely also recommend watching his At Home series, because it's a unique cooking show that actually picks food from their garden, and then makes seasonally-appropriate meals. Each episode is devoted to a specific food (potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, onions, etc) and different ways of preparing meals around them based on the season. School Dinners, Return To School Dinners, and the Ministry of Food series were very similar to his Food Revolution show, except in relation to the British school systems. What specifically do you want to discuss?

I didn't plan on discussing anything specific. I would find the cooking shows boring. The only reason i like this series is because it is a documentary. I wonder why he doesn't mention exercise/physical activity? Healthy eating is only part of the battle against obesity.

that b*stard got rid of turkey twizzlers. you americans can keep him.

turkey twizzlers? what are those? are they anything like chicken fries?

i've only seen one or two episodes

something like that. one of those appealingly-shaped-but-full-of-god-knows-what meat products that kids seem to love so much. like turkey dinosaurs or billy bear ham. that dude ruined school dinners over here >:[

What kind of school meals do they have there now then ?

healthy ones

Doesn't sound too bad .Good-tasting healthy ones at least?

In case anyone missed it, here's a ~22 minute video overview of The Food Revolution: http://www.ted.com/talks/jamie_oliver.html
Also, here's his petition website: http://www.jamieoliver.com/campaigns/jamies-food-revolution/petition

I completely agree; I find most cooking shows incredibly boring because they never make anything I would enjoy eating; or at least that's what I tell myself retrospectively. However, Jamie At Home, was actually fun to watch. Of course, everyone has different tastes. I try not to let my preconceived notions block my interests.

As for leaving out exercise/physical activity, I also rather dislike the idea of "single issue" campaigns, as they have a tendency to leave out details that add more complexity to a reality. For instance: a new study links more time spent sitting to higher risk of death. When combined with a lack of physical activity, the association was even stronger. Women and men who both sat more and were less physically active were 94% and 48% more likely (respectively) to die early, compared with those who reported sitting the least and being most active. http://www.disabled-world.com/health/sitting-health.php

That being said, however, many people often say that they'd prefer to enjoy a shorter life than to have less enjoyment in a longer life. While this does make sense, to a certain degree, it baffles me why people arrive at an answer based on those two options; without thinking there may be a third option; having more enjoyment in a longer life. I used to be completely care-free about what I eat, always acting on random desires in the moment, and often trying to "quench" them with some of the most unhealthy foods. I had believed what I wanted at the moment was more important than finding other foods that I could enjoy equally well, if not better, while getting a well-balanced meal.

To make a long story short, I ended up having a major heart disease and luckily was put on medication and diet-restrictions before an imminent death. Following these restrictions, yet not wanting to eat food that tasted bad, I quickly formed new healthy recipes that I would both enjoy eating and would increase my lifespan. I was also amazed to realize thousands of spices exist that I had never even cared about before, that changed the flavor of food in so many unique ways. I also felt like a fool for thinking that I knew what did and didn't taste good, because my only knowledge of those "bad tasting" foods, were actually simply bad recipes that could be made to taste much better, or tainted by my preconceived assumptions.

While I am lucky to not have many food sensitivities, aside from maybe english muffins that make me lose control of my mouth as my mind revolts, I am concerned about this issue, as food-sensitivities are varied, which makes recipes often obsolete to many people with ASD. What are everyone's food preferences and foods dislikes? I wonder if there are any overlapping foods that people with ASD universally like.