Re: Jamie's new food revolution

I was responding to the statement that junk food makes kids unruly. And I think many people do blame the kids and overlook the fact that they are eating nutritionless junk because of a lack of understanding that what we consume has effects on mood and behavior

There was a woman I knew a long time ago who was a social worker working with unruly disadvantged children with loser parents. I made casual comment that a lot of their problems stemmed from their junk food diets filled with preservative and flavor enhancers.

She pretty much dismissed my comment as ridiculous and could not fathom for even a half a moment that I spoke truth.

Until, I recalled to her that I had watched a government hearing on nutrition in the schools with Bill Clinton (this was well after he was out of office) and he made a comment to the panel that there needed to be research done on the effects of the chemicals put into our food and how it might be affecting the behavior of kids.