Hello Everyone!
Right now I am probably having dinner at camp in our dining hall. Sitting at a 50 yard long table with 50 other girls screaming and yelling as loud as possible so I can eat.
Sounds awesome, right?
Sadly (although I could use a break from technology), camp is also where I am not allowed to have any Internet access or electronic devices. So, thanks to the handy dandy "Schedule Post" button, I can magically post during camp and keep the blog going! :)
So today, why don't I teach you some of our songs so you can virtually sing along with me and the rest of the camp?!
Here is the first one. It's called "Chicken"
C that's where it begins,
H that's the second letter,
I that is the third!
CK thats the middle of the word.
E that's near the end,
N that is the end.
C-H-I-C-K-E-N,
That's the way we spell Chicken!
Chicken, lalalala
Chicken, lalalala
C-H-I-C-K-E-N,
That's the way we spell Chicken!
Number 2: "Pizza"
P is for pizza
I is for Italian
Z is for zesty
Z is for zestier
A is for all night loooOoOoong!
PIZZA!
PIZZA!
WE WANT SOME!
Very clever, right?
Keep singing!
More,
Gourmanda
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
FED UP!
On July 2nd I went to go see a new film with my family. This film is called Fed Up and it is an eye-opening, jaw-dropping movie that everyone needs to see. The film was produced by Laurie David and former news anchor Katie Couric and directed by Stephanie Soechtig.
Fed Up follows four different teenagers struggling with obesity who share their experiences. Ms. Couric, the narrator, then explains the science behind the growing epidemic and why it is worsening everyday. Many credible experts such as Michael Pollan, Mark Bittman, and Bill Clinton speak on different points throughout the movie as the point are illustrated using simple graphics and video clips.
"'Fed Up' is probably the most important movie to be made since 'An Inconvenient Truth,'to which it’s related in a couple of ways," said Mark Bittman in his article about the film (http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/05/14/opinion/bittman-an-inconvenient-truth-about-our-food.html?referrer=&_r=0). "One of its producers is Laurie David, who also produced “An Inconvenient Truth.” Climate change, diet and agriculture are inexorably intertwined; we can’t tackle climate change without changing industrial agriculture, and we can’t change industrial agriculture without tackling diet."
What I learned from the movie is this: Sugar is the root problem of the obesity epidemic in our country and if we don't do something about it now, the majority of the population of America will have food-related diseases (diabetes, heart disease) in the near future.
The movie drew an interesting parallel by comparing the Sugar Industry to the tobacco industry. Thank goodness I am not old enough to have grown up with cigarette/cigar/chewing tobacco advertisements on TV and billboards without the Surgeon General's warning, but many people did live through this time. We need to urge those people to implement the successful strategies used to win against the tobacco industry on the big sugar companies such as Coca Cola, Kelloggs, McDonalds, and Pepsi. Today kids are unarmed in facing the commercials that bombard them with sickly-sweet messages. Sugar cereals, Go-gurt (I used to like that stuff, but now that I think about it, I was squeezing sugary goop out of a tube and into my body, BLECH!), McDonalds, Chuckie Cheese's, and many, many more.
So how do I get started? How can I improve my eating habits without sacrificing some of my favorite foods? One easy way for you and your family to embrace healthy eating and eliminate sugar and processed chemicals from your diet is to purchase Laurie David's new cookbook The Family Cooks. It contains lots of delicious healthy recipes for every meal, beautiful pictures, and helpful shopping and eating tips. I have already made five recipes from the book and I bought it three days ago!
I will be posting a lot about this movie so stay tuned because this is an issue that desperately needs our (and our government's) attention and support.
MUCH MUCH MORE!
Gourmanda :)
P.S. Did you notice the clever title "Fed Up" contains many different meanings?
Fed Up follows four different teenagers struggling with obesity who share their experiences. Ms. Couric, the narrator, then explains the science behind the growing epidemic and why it is worsening everyday. Many credible experts such as Michael Pollan, Mark Bittman, and Bill Clinton speak on different points throughout the movie as the point are illustrated using simple graphics and video clips.
"'Fed Up' is probably the most important movie to be made since 'An Inconvenient Truth,'to which it’s related in a couple of ways," said Mark Bittman in his article about the film (http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/05/14/opinion/bittman-an-inconvenient-truth-about-our-food.html?referrer=&_r=0). "One of its producers is Laurie David, who also produced “An Inconvenient Truth.” Climate change, diet and agriculture are inexorably intertwined; we can’t tackle climate change without changing industrial agriculture, and we can’t change industrial agriculture without tackling diet."
What I learned from the movie is this: Sugar is the root problem of the obesity epidemic in our country and if we don't do something about it now, the majority of the population of America will have food-related diseases (diabetes, heart disease) in the near future.
The movie drew an interesting parallel by comparing the Sugar Industry to the tobacco industry. Thank goodness I am not old enough to have grown up with cigarette/cigar/chewing tobacco advertisements on TV and billboards without the Surgeon General's warning, but many people did live through this time. We need to urge those people to implement the successful strategies used to win against the tobacco industry on the big sugar companies such as Coca Cola, Kelloggs, McDonalds, and Pepsi. Today kids are unarmed in facing the commercials that bombard them with sickly-sweet messages. Sugar cereals, Go-gurt (I used to like that stuff, but now that I think about it, I was squeezing sugary goop out of a tube and into my body, BLECH!), McDonalds, Chuckie Cheese's, and many, many more.
So how do I get started? How can I improve my eating habits without sacrificing some of my favorite foods? One easy way for you and your family to embrace healthy eating and eliminate sugar and processed chemicals from your diet is to purchase Laurie David's new cookbook The Family Cooks. It contains lots of delicious healthy recipes for every meal, beautiful pictures, and helpful shopping and eating tips. I have already made five recipes from the book and I bought it three days ago!
I will be posting a lot about this movie so stay tuned because this is an issue that desperately needs our (and our government's) attention and support.
MUCH MUCH MORE!
Gourmanda :)
P.S. Did you notice the clever title "Fed Up" contains many different meanings?
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