Jamie's American Food Revolution hits Hollywood

[Northerner]

New series on tonight (C4, 10 pm). I read the other day that the series got chopped, or demoted at least, in the US. A lot of people thought it was a mistake to go to LA and that he went there because he wanted to get his name known there. I'm sure we'll see a lot more dreadful meals (that they think are healthy) from our colonial cousins! 😱

 

[novorapidboi26]

i will be watching, dont think he actually gets anywhere, will be interesting..

 

[Steff]

Usually turns out to be a waste of time, the poor guy tries his best but i agree with boi he will get nowhere..Get home and spend some time with your missus and kids I say x

 

[novorapidboi26]

his took the weans with him, good for him..............

 

[Steff]

What about jools? As usual nosey me had to take a quick peak, i had to laugh at deano the guy in the burger joint he refused to lower the amouts of scoops in his shakes...

 

[hyper-Suze]

I have been watching too...I don't normally watch this sort of stuff.

I have to agree that Americian food is processed and vile(!) Even their bread tastes too sweet because of the processed ingredients!!!!

 

[Caroline]

Jamie Oliver has a lot of good points, but I find the bloke too intense and in yer face. I just want him to go away and leave me alone...

 

[donnarob]

I watched the last series where he tried to stop the kids eating c**p for school dinners. What a revelation, no wonder diabetes is at epidemic rates over there.

I think he's got his work cut out.

Donna 😉

 

[Northerner]

Next programme on tonight, C4 at 10pm 🙂

 

[redrevis]

dammit, missed the first one, just put it on series link. Was the first one any good? Did I miss anything vital?

 

[Northerner]

dammit, missed the first one, just put it on series link. Was the first one any good? Did I miss anything vital?

In the first one he came up against total opposition from the school authorities who wouldn't let him into any of their schools. He did a few stunts, like filling a school bus with sugar to illustrate to parents the amount of sugar their children consumed every year (?) in their chocolate milk. Pretty good and scary - the yanks really didn't like him in LA!

I'm recording tonight's - will watch it later 🙂

 

[sweetsatin]

Can't say i like the guy, he's too much in your face

 

[Carina1962]

Have just finished watching the programme, i'm finding it very interesting and you sort of feel despair for the US people as they carry on into a life of junk food and obesity, poor Jaimie must feel so frustrated. Do the American government encourage healthly living like our government do here?

 

[Northerner]

Have just finished watching the programme, i'm finding it very interesting and you sort of feel despair for the US people as they carry on into a life of junk food and obesity, poor Jaimie must feel so frustrated. Do the American government encourage healthly living like our government do here?

I get the impression that they think they do, but in fact what they appear to be doing (in the schools, where they have a direct influence) is specifying that the children's diet contains certain types of food and nutrients, but don't specify what form they should be delivered. Thus, you get it specified that children should have milk every day, but it is given in the form of chocolate milk containing sugar to encourage the children to drink it. Similarly 'chicken' can be in any form, so is given in the cheapest possible, reconstituted form that is full of fat and nutritionally inferior. All this means it is easier for schools to deliver according to the rules, but as cheaply as possible and with no regard to the additives which are harmful. They don't take kindly to Jamie because it would mean them having to work much harder to deliver the food he is promoting and still fulfill the rules.

 

[Northerner]

Just been watching the latest episode and there is a bit where a girl says her 13 year old sister has diabetes. She doesn't say what kind, but when Jamie asks if she knows how to inject insulin, the girl says yes. Jamie is appalled, yet there is no mention of whether the girl is type 1 or 2...if she's actually Type 1 then it has little relevance to Jamie's campaign!

edit: Just watched a bit more and they do say that mum, dad and sister are type2...

 

[grahams mum]

I WATCHED THE PROGRAM and i was thinking exactly likeyou and then after a few minutes she was mentining tipe 2

 

[Northerner]

I WATCHED THE PROGRAM and i was thinking exactly likeyou and then after a few minutes she was mentining tipe 2

Poor girl is clearly next in line if things don't change - thought Jamie was very caring towards her, hope he can convince her parents to change their ways 🙂

 

[donnarob]

Alan, like you, I watched the last series and it was incredible as to how they would meet their quotas. He was met with such hostility by the school's cooks and they didn't see anything wrong in the kids drinking unhealthy chocolate milk (so long as it was milk) and chicken nuggets. Did you see the bit where he showed the kids what went into them and thought he'd got somewhere, only to find the kids choosing them again for lunch!!

I'm going to tune it tonight as I find the whole thing incredible.

Norwegians are hooked on hot dogs, pizza and burgers and obesity over here is fast becoming a problem. Oh and they all seem to smoke like chimneys!

Donna

 

[Northerner]

On again tonight, C4 at 10pm 🙂 I find these programmes really revealing about how the US works, at least as far as food is concerned - they have plenty of rules, but the contraints can be so easily circumvented to allow completely the opposite of what the rules are supposed to achieve!

 

[Carina1962]

Did anyone watch it last night? very interesting how diabetes kept cropping up and those people who were affected by diabetes especially that chap who used to be an athlete and is now in a wheelchair due to complications but he did admit that he did not control as he was young and just carried on as normal but now regrets it, i think it just hits home how dangerous D can be if you choose to ignore it