Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution

It's been easy to have been seduced by food manufacturers.  We're told how busy we are and how we need convenience, and these quick to cook products will make our lives oh so much more wonderful and allow us to cope with all the multi-tasking we are putting ourselves through.  Well, I think its a bunch a crap.  Not only that we're so busy, but also what they're shoving down our throats in advertising and marketing as healthy food is crap. And what passes for food today is crap. Literally.

If you can't pronounce it and don't know what it is, it can't be good for you. Ignorance is not bliss.  It's dangerous.  Do you really care that the FDA says it's allowable.  As consumers we've been lied to before and continue to be lied to by food producers with a vested interest in making a profit and by the governmet with a vested interest in keeping their jobs.  You have to be your own advocate and to do that you must not believe the bill of goods you are being sold by food manufacturers.  You have to believe in your eyes, your sense of smell, you taste and your senses.

We need to rethink our priorities.  What are we doing that is so important that we can't serve healthy food? What are we doing that we can't take an hour to cook a meal?  Why do we demand that food be placed on the table in 30 minutes or less?  Yes, you can make a healthy meal from real food in 30 minutes or less, but we're missing so much more if that's what we limit ourselves to everyday.

I'm not a scientist.  I don't know what the connection between perservatives, additives, growth hormones and antibiotics and the vast amount of diseases, and health issues there are today, but I do believe there is a connection as I've watched the numbers of those stricken increase year by year.

Let's stop being duped and as adults and parents let's make a better, healthy future of our children and their children.  Join the Food Revolution, learn to shop better, learn to cook better, learn to make healthier choices for those you love and care about.

Jamie Oliver is going out on a limb and I admire him for taking a stand.  Please think about what you can do and every small change is a good change.  Be proud of what you eat by knowing you created it.  Be proud of what you eat knowing your food was grown and produced by people who care about the land, the environment and your health. Be proud in knowing that you don't buy into the mass marketing that tells you that you don't have time to create a good healthy meal for your family from real food.

Please watch Jamie Olivers' Food Revolution tonight.  Sign the Food Revolution Petition and let our government know we want a Food Revolution in our schools.

It's not easy to make change, but our wellness and the wellness of our children depends on it.