Hello and welcome to another episode of IWay with Jameeda Jamil, a bookcast against Shame.

I would like to just give you a little heads up that today's episode is not not intense.

We are talking about the state of food, especially in the United States, but also kind of all around the world.

Now, this is a subject I've become increasingly interested in, not in a kind of

diet-culturally way. I'm super sensitive to the fact that God knows we don't need to think about more

reasons why we should be restrictive around food, especially those of us who've struggled with

eating disorders. But there are also some reasonable conversations to be had about the quality

of the food we have. No one's saying

that we should deny ourselves, but are there better ways to source our food? Are there better ways

to prepare our food? Do we need to be a bit more mindful of processed food and foods that are cooked

in restaurants? Do we need to start to kind of prepare ourselves for the fact that the food industry, especially

in places like America and even the UK, are in a little bit of trouble? So my guest this week

is Oliver English and he is a filmmaker, a chef and an advocate. He comes from a family of chefs

and really, really knows his shit about food. I'm in this episode, he takes me through the history of pesticides and agriculture and

meat farming and breaks down what currently isn't working about our incredibly insustainable system.

And to just reassure you, he's also very hopeful in that he lays out some very helpful and pragmatic and practical ways in which the United States and the UK and other countries who are struggling can build their way back before it's too late. It's just an interesting listen. If you are someone like me who struggles with digestive issues and doesn't always know why and tends to feel like your body is just

persecuting you. This episode is, in my opinion, quite reassuring because it kind of reminds us that

maybe the government aren't always looking out for our best interests when it comes to our health

and our nutrition. And I don't think this is a controversial subject. Maybe five years ago people would have thought I was a bit of a quack for even having this conversation,

for even indulging in the subject.

But I think now we are readier than ever to accept that something's a bit off in the fact that the United States has such different health outcomes than many countries around the world,

especially places like Europe, where they take the quality of food very, very seriously.

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