Diet advice is complicated, but it doesn't have to be.

These little preschoolers, they know what they should be eating.

Oh, and spell pepper.

You can burn.

And what they maybe shouldn't.

Cookies, cake, ice cream.

But when we grow up, we just kind of lose our way.

We make things too complicated.

We get distracted by trendy diets or so-called super foods.

So today, we're going to go back to basics.

This is your NPR life kid for healthy eating.

You've probably heard the old saying, let food be thy medicine.

Well, there's a lot of truth to that.

So whip yourself up and green smoothie, sit back and listen.

And you may just relearn what you used to know as a little kid.

I hope you've fooded something that's good for your body, your whole body.

I'm Alice Nobri and I cover health and wellness for NPR.

Have you ever noticed these days how everyone has their own pet theory about what healthy

eating looks like?

Right now in our country, food is so hot, people are so interested in it that everybody

has an opinion, everybody has an expert.

That's Daryish Mosepharian.

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