Most of us hardly think of cooking as an important part of educating. It tends to be regarded as another of those less important subjects like arts or sports we disregard in favour of ‘real’ education like academic stuff. However, if we are truly educating young people towards leading independent lives, knowing how to function well both in the world and as an individual, then we also need to educate them towards taking responsibility for their own well being. And the way they eat is part of that. Although nutrition is part of the curriculum, it is seldom reflected in youngsters’ diet. And in the light of the most recent news probably cooking is a necessary part. A study has shown that we need to be eating even more fruit and vegetables than the 5-a-day we’re familiar with. This needs to go up to 7-a-day in order to maintain optimum health, to lesson our chances of contracting many familiar diseases and help prevent premature deaths. I suspect most of us find it hard to process
Posted on: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 08:04:41 +0000
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