HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Gwyneth Paltrow is singing the praises of chef Jamie Oliver's campaign to get people eating healthy again.
"I love Jamie Oliver. I love his food, I love his books, I love his app, I love the mission he is on," the 37-year-old actress declares in her latest Goop newsletter. "Jamie Oliver is trying to change the way we eat, and by doing so, he plans to deal a massive blow to the likes of obesity, heart disease and type 2 diabetes. He is trying to encourage us to get back into the kitchen and cook for ourselves and our families, thereby cutting out the fast and overly processed foods that are making us sick. And fat. And depressed."
Oliver tells Paltrow that he was inspired to bring about change after watching so many families move away from cooking a healthy dinner at home.
"Heart disease and other diet-related illnesses are some of the biggest killers in the U.S., way bigger killers than homicide though you'd never know that from the news," he says. "These diet-related problems are really hurting people and it upsets me because if people knew how to cook, they'd be able to make better choices and feed their families better, and for less money than the local takeaway charges them.
"There's not enough proper food education out there, and no limit to how many fast-food restaurants are allowed to open. We are so obviously in a place where we care more about dollars and pounds than we do about the health of ourselves and our kids. Being upset about all these things inspires me."
Oliver says it's important that everyone realizes the dangers of eating more and more fast and processed foods.
"Forty years ago we ate mostly fresh, local food, and we knew where that food was coming from. But then fast and heavily processed foods crept in and totally changed our palettes and food businesses. And ultimately, this food is killing us," he explains. "Obesity and weight gain are the most obvious symptoms, but the problem I have in telling this story is that there are also loads of skinny people suffering because the garbage they are eating is affecting them in a different, but equally dramatic way."
Be sure to catch Oliver's new TV show, Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, on Fridays at 9 p.m. on ABC.
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