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5 Tips for Eating Smarter

p>Food writer Michael Pollan says that the best-tasting, freshest food you can eat is from the garden. TFK Kid Reporter Erin Wiens St. John visited Pollan's garden at his home in Berkeley, California. They talked about his new book, the kids' edition of The Omnivore's Dilemma. The book tells where our food comes from and how kids can make healthy eating choices.

1 Try not to eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize as food. Would she know what Go-Gurt is?

2 Avoid eating packaged foods with more than five ingredients, or with ingredients you don't recognize.

3 Limit foods and drinks that contain a sweetener called high fructose corn syrup. It has been linked to obesity.

4 Try to avoid food that doesn't eventually rot. A food made to last forever is usually full of chemicals. Food should be alive, and that means it should eventually die.

5 Be your own food detective. Read labels. Pay attention to where your food comes from and how it was grown.

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