Can one mother change the way America eats? Surprisingly yes if you're Vani Hari. She is changing the way America eats. pushing companies to create healthy pure food. it seems to be working.
Regular contributor Kinseverson wrote about her in yesterday's New York Times Wednesday Food section. despite her past of being a true Democrat she is now embracing the RDK Jr MAGA Make American Healthy Again movement. Her blog Food Babe and now with her group of followers called Food Babe Army have gone after Big Foods. It's has baffled big conglomerates such as Kellogg's, especially with her large amount of influence. She public shames companies such as the cereal company as well as Kraft. The last removed any yellow dye from their popular baked mac and cheese.She amassed 350,000 online signatures to back her and Kraft obeyed. She also went after Subway until the company removed the dough conditioner azodiacarbonide from their breads.ms. Hari even wrote a best selling book entitled The Food Babe way: Break Free From the Hidden Toxins In Your food and Lose weight,Look Years Younger and Get Heslthy in Two Days. Despite it's popularity it drew a lot of criticism / Food Hunk blog mocked it, even making fun of her suggestion of drinking water which is used as an industrial coolant.
How did Ms. Hair become so invested in healthy eating? It all started with her diet growing up. Even though her parents were from Punjab , India and cooked good Indian food at home she and her older brother wanted American food Their diet consisted of all bad American food Wich caused her to suffer from asthma, eczema and stomach aches. An appendectomy in her early twenties opened her eyes. Her doctor explained to her that appendiciitis is caused by inflammation. That changed her life. She vowed to eat better and she did. She read everything about nutrition , dieted and lost weight. A friend suggested she share her experiences in a blog and that's how Food Babe was born. She is a Southerner , being from Charlotte South Carolina, however, and like any Southerner liked fried chicken and barbecue. She has gone off beef. Her children eight and four eat healthy though. Her recipes include product shaming classics like Pillsbury holiday cookies for strange looking all natural candy cane ones and creating all natural Chick fil a nuggets.
Can Vani Hari change the culinary world? Habits are hard to break , especially human. She can try. will she succeed. That's to be seen
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