Jodechi's blog
Wednesday 27th 2008f February 2008
Eat to save your life.
There was a program on channel 4 recently where Jaime Oliver presented different reasons and facts on how important it is for us to eat healthy and to exercise. If you can get a copy of this- I highly recommend it. It is a very important program to watch.
The program is called “Eat to Save Your Life” and it was on channel 4 the 20th of January. I watched it first by myself and then encouraged my husband to watch it with me. We are both quite healthy- get regular exercise and eat healthy foods- probably 90% healthy and 10% anything and everything. (I enjoy that 10% immensely). But we could also both lose a few pounds, especially after the winter stodge.
The program showed the frozen cadaver of a 28 stone man and they had sliced it down the middle so you could see where all the fat was. They also did an autopsy and they showed everything. It was difficult to watch and I definitely felt squeamish but once we got past that it was both fascinating and frightening. The amount of fat that this man was carrying around was…..well, awful.
They had many people on the program and each one had their health analyzed with different tests and the results were quite scary. Just because you’re slim doesn’t mean you are healthy. The slimmest woman on the program had the most amount of fat around her internal organs. One man that was a bit overweight had less fat in his body that a much younger and slimmer man. Put it this way- this program was a real eye opener for both me and my husband and I would hope for anyone that watches it.
I’m a fan of Jaime Oliver’s. I think he has done a lot for the encouragement of healthy eating and healthy lifestyles. And he continues to do this. But this program mentioned above is truly his best work yet. I’m greatly impressed.
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