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Parting is such sweet sorrow -- as in, refined, artificially colored, high-fructose sorrow. Now that Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution has reached the end of its special six-episode run on ABC, it's time to reflect upon what we've learned. So in the spirit of the show, here's a few CliffsNotes from Jamie's eating-revolution lesson plan.

Lesson 1: You can keep the kids away from the strawberry-flavored milk, but you can't keep the strawberry-flavored milk away from the kids.

In this last installment, Jamie's been away from the high-obesity burgh of Huntington, W.Va. for about three months, long enough for him to promote his cause on a zillion talk shows, and long enough for those pesky prefab junk-food suppliers to weasel their products back into cafeterias.

Read more of our take on the season finale of Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution after the jump...

We've missed Jamie Oliver, really we have. Back when he was younger and even more aggressively hip, he went by the moniker The Naked Chef -- a nudge-wink reference to the simple dishes on display, not the 20-something British-invastion rock-star-looking guy who made it -- and hosted the enjoyable BBC cooking show of the same name (rebroadcast for us Yanks on the Food Network).

In the decade since, however, he's settled down, gotten completely dressed, and refashioned himself as a crusading nutritionist/mentor to wayward youth all across the U.K., where they have a love/hate relationship with him, his teenage wardrobe and his accent. It was only a matter of time before he subjected all of us to the same -- and we subjected him to just as much love and hate.

You see, Jamie has realized that we don't eat so good, to sound like an ignorant American, and he's decided to give us "The biggest food revolution this country's ever seen!" Whether that's for good or bad is up to you, but we sure had squirm-inducing fun watching him try in his inaugural preview hour on ABC, in anticipation of a full, 2-hour premiere this Friday.