Unless you forgot to pay the electric/cable bill..or as the old saying goes “you’ve been living under a rock”, you have seen a lot of news lately about Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution.

(you can watch the full first  episode of Food Revolution here)

Seems that a lot of people are offended by a “Brit” coming into the U.S. to tell us how to eat and how we need to change our school lunch programs.  Check out what LettuceEatKale has to say about his invasion into the United States schools.

As one of the most overweight countries in the world, we need to stop the madness and start teaching our kids healthy eating habits in their early years.  Weight issues begin in youth…and we adults are responsible for teaching our children how to eat properly.  Most importantly…that includes us being able to depend upon our school system  to cut out the pizza and french fries and “get with it”.

For the past 30+ years I’ve been fit and trim, but that wasn’t always the case.  In my younger years I “leaned” towards the chubby side due to an extremely high intake of school vending machine  potato chips and Kraut Burger Wednesday school lunches.  Getting rid of that “chub” I acquired during my school years took a lot of determination and effort.

Fortunately I was able to pass on my newly acquired healthier eating habits to our kids with the family time dinners I prepared, and the packed lunches I sent with them to school everyday.  Our kids never had to fight weight issues…and there’s no doubt in my mind it was all because they didn’t eat the unhealthy/fattening crap that was being served at school.  Those same eating habits carried over onto our nightly family dinner table.  To this day our kids still prefer to eat lighter and healthier food (and no…we’re not vegetarians and yes we do still stock cookies and chips in the cabinet, but a can of tuna or some fresh snap peas still trump a cookie when anyone wants a snack in our house-except for hubby).

I say “Hooray” for Jamie Oliver.  He’s bringing attention and awareness to an issue that many parents never even knew existed.  I mean really, were you aware that deep fried french fries qualify for the mandatory vegetable category of school lunches?  They’re not serving steamed brocolli or cauliflower because the french fries are easier and less expensive.

Jamie Oliver has got my 100% support!!

Things won’t change quickly from a 6 week television episode, but the reality is that he has sparked a lot of controversy which in turn may spill over to a parental revolt against our current school lunch programs.  Parents have the right to fight for their children’s health and I think that Jamie Oliver will have a lot of parents uniting to create better school lunch programs for the health and welfare of our children.

Jamie Oliver and Food Revolution are certainly “stirring the Pot!  What about You?