You are what you eat!

Good luck with your weight loss programme Shredit. 

Have you heard of, Jamie Oliver ? He has taken his Food Revolution to the USA, here's a link ... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar … dvice.html

jamie oliver to take school dinners / ministry of food to the usa

Tue 26 May 2009 @ 14:55 | story by peter berry

British chef will tackle America’s obesity crisis in new prime-time ABC series

Jamie Oliver is set to work with leading US TV network ABC to film an American production combining his two hit British series, “Jamie’s School Dinners” and “Jamie’s Ministry of Food”. In the original Ministry series, broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK, Oliver filmed for over two years in the London borough of Greenwich (for School Dinners) and the Yorkshire town of Rotherham (for Ministry) and inspired people there to change their unhealthy diets of takeaways and ready meals in favour of cooking fresh, nutritious food whilst saving money. Jamie is currently looking for an appropriate American town in which to start a food revolution.

The new series will be a co-production between Oliver’s TV company, Fresh One and Ryan Seacrest Productions. Filming begins later in 2009 for a prime-time slot on ABC early in 2010.

The Ministry of Food centre in Rotherham, which provides cooking lessons and advice for everyone in the town, is about to celebrate its one year anniversary and is booked up until July with local people wanting to feed themselves and their families ‘proper’ food. The centre has been so successful that many other British councils are looking to copy the Rotherham model.

Oliver says: “I believe that now is the time when America is ready for big change and I’ve been working on ideas for the American series for five years now, inspired by what has been achieved by the wonderful people in Greenwich and Rotherham. This is without question the most important and challenging thing I’ll ever do in my life but I truly believe that I can at least plant the seeds of change in America in terms of helping a community to cook better, feed their kids better and save money. I’ll be using everything I’ve learned over the last 10 years to try to get meaningful, sustainable change.”

Oliver’s plan for the series is to not only change the way that the people in the chosen town think about food and cooking but also to inspire a massive change in US schools, as he has done in the UK. In 2005, Oliver’s series “Jamie’s School Dinners” led to a public outcry about the state of school food in Britain and resulted in over £500m of British government investment in new, nutritious school meals. Recent research suggested that the new meals had been instrumental in improving both attendance and exam results.

Take care Shreddit. Many have predispositions genetically to elevated levels of nasty stuff in our veins, at least that is what my physician says. Those that do have to work harder. Same old solutions. More veggies, less junk food, exercise on a regular basis, even if it is only taking a brisk half hour daily walk instead of sitting. The hard thing is breaking out of our daily routine and taking the time to take care of ourselves instead of worrying about other things.
Rick

Great points Bill! One thing I started doing a few years back is taking the stairs instead of an elevator and parking at the far end of the mall lot and walking the extra distance when shopping. Look for a way to burn off energy at each opportunity. It was amazing how effective it was. I dropped 15 pounds before I knew it.  I've said this before, but as we age and our joints become susceptible to damage, a less stressful exercise is better in order to lessen the risk of injury. I and the wife took up Pilates training about a year and a half ago. Low impact but very effective for us. We have a supervised training program tailored to our age (old) and are taught the proper way to warm up and correctly do the exercises to avoid injury. I highly recommend it. It can be aerobic, but those with aging bodies need to build core strength, flexibility and balance more than anything. I even was able to rehab a life long shoulder injury and regain range of motion and strength that I had missed for over 30 years. You're never too old to start anew!
Rick

If I am what I eat then I am A GIANT STOUFFER MAC AND CHEESE...BEEN ADDICTED TO IT SINCE I WAS LIKE 10!!

That's some nice comfort food that will stick to your ribs and arteries.