Speaker 1: If your parents say that you can't play with your food,
Speaker 1: you just tell them that I said it was okay,
Speaker 1: because it's going to help you learn and help you
Speaker 1: like more foods and new foods can sometimes feel a
Speaker 1: bit scary or overwhelming or weird, and playing with them
Speaker 1: is really the best way to feel comfortable trying something new.
Speaker 1: What's really cool about being a nutritionist is that you
Speaker 1: get to help people, help them feel good and happy,
Speaker 1: and you.
Speaker 2: Also get to be a scientist too.
Speaker 1: Nutritionists are kind of like superheroes sometimes with helping people
Speaker 1: be healthy and helping kids grow.
Speaker 3: That's Casey Barnes, the smart nutritionist behind Mama Knows Nutrition,
Speaker 3: and she joins us on this.
Speaker 4: Episode of Growing Up.
Speaker 3: Welcome to Growing Up, the Lingo Kids podcast that encourages
Speaker 3: kids to dream big and.
Speaker 4: Discover who they want to be.
Speaker 3: Join us on an epic adventure to uncover the secrets
Speaker 3: behind awesome skills, cool hobbies, and the incredible journeys of
Speaker 3: people who followed their dreams.
Speaker 4: In this episode, Luis.
Speaker 3: And I will travel to a very old English ship
Speaker 3: in the middle of the sea, and we'll uncover the
Speaker 3: secrets behind how to have fun when eating any meal.
Speaker 4: So grab your.
Speaker 3: Detective hats and let's solve this tasty puzzle together.
Speaker 5: Why, come on, come on, come on.
Speaker 6: I can only win this game if my Space Ranger
Speaker 6: eats all the flying chocolates.
Speaker 5: Come on, come on, come on.
Speaker 6: Oh I was so cool to eating all the chocolates
Speaker 6: in the universe.
Speaker 4: Louise, sweetie, Yes, what do you want for lunch?
Speaker 6: Mac and cheese?
Speaker 4: That's what you had yesterday and the day before that.
Speaker 6: But I love mac and cheese.
Speaker 1: I love them too, But we all need to eat
Speaker 1: a different things so you can grow big and strong.
Speaker 5: How about some broccoli with mac and cheese? Broccoli?
Speaker 2: Maybe some spinach?
Speaker 6: Dan, Why do the veggies always have to be green
Speaker 6: and achy? Please? Can I just have the mac and cheese?
Speaker 6: I like? I promise I'll eat my veggies later.
Speaker 4: Okay, okay, fine, classic mac and cheese it is. But
Speaker 4: next time we're trying broccoli.
Speaker 6: Okay, Mom, I'll get that low.
Speaker 7: Hi, Louise, it's it's Emily.
Speaker 6: Hi, Emily, what's up? Where are you?
Speaker 7: I'm in the middle of well a ship actually.
Speaker 6: What like in the ocean? Yes, near England, England, that's
Speaker 6: super far away.
Speaker 5: I want to go. How can we get there.
Speaker 7: Well, I called you just for that. Don't hang up
Speaker 7: two two four seven, Emily.
Speaker 6: I can hear you pressing all those butts.
Speaker 7: Okay, Louise, hang on tights.
Speaker 6: Yeah, Emily, what's my phone doing?
Speaker 7: It's going to bring you to where I am? Right now?
Speaker 5: Come with me, Maxy.
Speaker 6: But god, well where am I? The floor's moving a
Speaker 6: lot and the waves are super strong. Wait, Emily, is
Speaker 6: that you up there? Hi?
Speaker 3: Louise, yep, it's me in just a sec. Let me
Speaker 3: get down from here.
Speaker 4: All right?
Speaker 3: How did everything go with our telephone? I mean our teleporter?
Speaker 6: It was a nice time travel ride. I love this shit, though?
Speaker 6: Why are we here?
Speaker 5: Well?
Speaker 3: Before answering that question, I'll ask you something. Did you
Speaker 3: have a good lunch before coming?
Speaker 5: I did?
Speaker 6: I had mac and cheese.
Speaker 3: Good because your body will turn all that food into
Speaker 3: energy for the.
Speaker 4: Rest of the day.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm super charged, Emily. But what about those men
Speaker 6: over there? They don't look so good.
Speaker 4: You're right, Louise.
Speaker 3: Those are sailors, part of the ship's crew. Ough, and
Speaker 3: unfortunately they're sick.
Speaker 6: Oh no, Why well, they.
Speaker 3: Didn't have pretty good lunches for quite a while.
Speaker 4: Now, Actually, what.
Speaker 6: Does having lunch have to do with being sick, Emily.
Speaker 4: It has to do with something called nutrition.
Speaker 6: Nutrician, what's that?
Speaker 5: Nutrition?
Speaker 3: Is these science that explains how food keeps us healthy
Speaker 3: and running and jumping around.
Speaker 6: Oh wow, there's a whole science just for food.
Speaker 3: Yes, there is, And I want you to remember this
Speaker 3: as we are going to come back to food science
Speaker 3: in a minute. Right now, there is a doctor on
Speaker 3: this ship who is here to help the sailors, So
Speaker 3: let's focus.
Speaker 6: Okay, nu nutrition.
Speaker 4: I remember this man is doctor James Blend.
Speaker 6: How is he gonna help the sailors.
Speaker 4: He's giving them lemon juice.
Speaker 6: Ah gross, I'd want to hot chocolate if I was feeling.
Speaker 4: Sicke Oh well, that does seem tasty.
Speaker 3: But the thing is, lemon juice has a special thing
Speaker 3: that's going to help change the sailors lives forever.
Speaker 4: It's called vitamin C.
Speaker 6: Oh wow, look, Emily, the magic of lemons.
Speaker 3: The magic of science. Now let's go through a quick
Speaker 3: science lesson.
Speaker 6: I love science and magic me too.
Speaker 3: You see, doctor James lind saw the sailors looking ill
Speaker 3: and realize it was because their lunches were missing a
Speaker 3: little something.
Speaker 6: It was missing lemons were getting there. Yes, Oh wow,
Speaker 6: how did the doctor know that?
Speaker 4: Because doctor Lynde understood.
Speaker 6: Nutrition science behind food exactly, Louise, good memory, A good
Speaker 6: nutrition means a balance and healthy diet.
Speaker 3: And oh, these poor fellows didn't have it. And doctor
Speaker 3: lynd figured out what was missing from their lunch vitamin C.
Speaker 6: They needed lemons because lemons are vitamin C.
Speaker 3: Almost lemons have vitamin C and many other very tiny
Speaker 3: things that we call nutrients nutrients.
Speaker 6: So nutrition comes from nutrients.
Speaker 5: Very good, Louise.
Speaker 3: Take the mac and cheese you had for lunch, for example,
Speaker 3: didn't you say you felt supercharged? It's because pasta's key
Speaker 3: nutrients is carbohydrates. We also call them carbs, and carbs
Speaker 3: can be like a good dose of sugar.
Speaker 6: Carbs make you feel super full of energy.
Speaker 5: Then that's right.
Speaker 6: Oh but why did my mom want to add some
Speaker 6: broccoli to my lunch?
Speaker 4: Well, you see, nutrients are like pieces of a puzzle.
Speaker 6: What do you mean, Emily.
Speaker 3: In a puzzle, every piece counts to make the whole picture.
Speaker 3: Good nutrition works just like that, but with food, you
Speaker 3: need all the right pieces to have a healthy meal
Speaker 3: for lunch. That means eating different foods at once. The
Speaker 3: more colors on your plate.
Speaker 4: The better.
Speaker 6: So mac and cheese looks very yellow. That means I
Speaker 6: gotta have more colorful food to grow healthy and strong.
Speaker 5: Uh huh.
Speaker 6: And broccoli is so so green like forest green.
Speaker 3: You're on the right track, Luise. Your mom knows that
Speaker 3: broccoli is super rich and a nutrient called fiber and
Speaker 3: many other things that your body needs.
Speaker 4: So broccoli with pasta makes your meal balanced.
Speaker 3: Yep, Okay, I think we're done with this mini science lesson.
Speaker 6: So that's why grown ups talk about having balanced meals
Speaker 6: and get grumpy when I don't eat veggies.
Speaker 4: Yes, exactly, because they want you to be healthy.
Speaker 6: Wow, that's super fun. It's like making a very colorful
Speaker 6: drawing every time you eat.
Speaker 4: Yes, exactly that. And you know what. I know a nutritionist.
Speaker 3: Whose job is to know what foods make for the
Speaker 3: best nutrition.
Speaker 4: Her name is Casey Barnes.
Speaker 5: Let's go meet her.
Speaker 6: I want to know everything about being a nutritionist now
Speaker 6: like this second.
Speaker 4: All right, I'll use my phone so we can go back.
Speaker 6: Stay cool, doctor Lynd, thanks for saving the crew.
Speaker 4: Here we go.
Speaker 3: Welcome to our growing up talking game show.
Speaker 4: Sorry we're soaking wet.
Speaker 5: We'll fix that.
Speaker 3: By warming up with a nice interview. Please welcome our
Speaker 3: guest today, Casey Barnes, an incredible nutritionist with hundreds of
Speaker 3: thousands of followers in her platform Mama Knows Nutrition, Luis,
Speaker 3: why don't you take the mic? I know you have
Speaker 3: lots of questions about food.
Speaker 6: Yess I do, Emily, Okay, Casey, My first question is
Speaker 6: what does a nutritionist do?
Speaker 1: So what's really cool about being a nutritionist is that
Speaker 1: you get to help people help them feel good and happy.
Speaker 1: And you also get to be a scientist too, because
Speaker 1: you get to learn so much about food and discover
Speaker 1: things that most people don't know and how food works
Speaker 1: in the body. I help people be able to eat
Speaker 1: healthy foods that make them strong and full of energy.
Speaker 2: I love being a helper in that way.
Speaker 1: And I just think how great it is to imagine
Speaker 1: that there's you can choose foods that help you run
Speaker 1: faster and jump higher and think better in school.
Speaker 2: It's so amazing how much food helps us.
Speaker 6: I have another question. It's very very important. If food
Speaker 6: is so amazing, why can't I play with it at
Speaker 6: the table. It's just so much fun.
Speaker 1: If your parents say that you can't play with your food.
Speaker 1: You just tell them that I said it was okay,
Speaker 1: because it's going to help you learn and help.
Speaker 2: You like more foods.
Speaker 6: Wait, really new.
Speaker 1: Foods can sometimes feel a bit scary or overwhelming or weird,
Speaker 1: and playing with them is really the best way to
Speaker 1: feel comfortable trying something new. So my kids they really
Speaker 1: like to be animals when they're eating, like pretending to
Speaker 1: be a rabbit nibbling a garden or a dinosaur chomping
Speaker 1: on a leaf.
Speaker 7: If your parents say that you can't play with your food.
Speaker 4: You just whoa was that?
Speaker 6: Oh? Nothing, just a recording so I can show this
Speaker 6: as proof to my mom. Ah. So, Casey, what are
Speaker 6: some other ways to make food fun for kids like me?
Speaker 2: Sometimes we play a would you rather?
Speaker 7: Game?
Speaker 1: And so that way my kids have some choice in
Speaker 1: what they're eating, you know, would you rather an apple
Speaker 1: or the green bean? And that just makes it more
Speaker 1: fun when you can make it playful instead of saying
Speaker 1: you need to eat.
Speaker 6: This, Oh that sounds super fun. Between mac por cheese,
Speaker 6: I choose mac and cheese.
Speaker 4: Good one Louise.
Speaker 3: Mac and cheese is such a yummy recipe, Casey. My
Speaker 3: kids sometimes surprise me with their fun food combos.
Speaker 4: Do your kids do that too?
Speaker 1: The most surprising things is that my kids come up
Speaker 1: with the most interesting and creative combinations that I would
Speaker 1: never think of at all.
Speaker 2: The Other day, my daughter Amelia made me.
Speaker 1: A sandwich, which was so sweet of her, and she
Speaker 1: put both cheese and red peppers red bell peppers on it,
Speaker 1: which I never would have thought to put together.
Speaker 2: But she is so creative.
Speaker 6: That sounds yummy. You're giving me tons of ideas from
Speaker 6: my mom's new dinner menu, Casey.
Speaker 1: Yes, a lot of times it's just about adding cheese.
Speaker 1: I think cheese makes everything tastes better.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that actually makes me wonder how did your parents
Speaker 3: help you get passionate about food and nutrition?
Speaker 1: So, when I was a little girl, we had a
Speaker 1: garden in my backyard, and my mom grew up with
Speaker 1: a garden in her backyard. I just love the memories
Speaker 1: of being with my mom in the garden picking those red,
Speaker 1: juicy tomatoes and cucumbers and fresh mint that smells incredible,
Speaker 1: weaving group pumpkins.
Speaker 2: It was so fun to see.
Speaker 1: How big and bright and orange they would So I
Speaker 1: just love those memories being with my mom and picking
Speaker 1: vegetables in the garden.
Speaker 6: Wow, having a garden like that would be so awesome.
Speaker 6: Maxie would totally love it too. I have an alien
Speaker 6: tree with neon fruits and tentacles.
Speaker 3: Oh, those would be interesting fruits to try.
Speaker 1: The other day, my daughter wanted to pick up a
Speaker 1: dragon fruit from the grocery store and we had to
Speaker 1: look up how do you tell if a dragon fruit
Speaker 1: is right? But I just love that we get to
Speaker 1: learn some of those things together.
Speaker 6: Dragonfruit, I can cut it with my night sword. Yeah.
Speaker 6: I want to be a food explorer, Emily. I can
Speaker 6: travel to Mac and Cheese Planet or the Milky Shakeway.
Speaker 3: When I become an astronaut, I'll make sure I check
Speaker 3: those out. Speaking of milkshakes, Casey, what do you think
Speaker 3: of fast food?
Speaker 1: Fast food is very tasty. I love French fries myself,
Speaker 1: but fast food is usually missing important things that our
Speaker 1: bodies do need to feel their best, like fruits and vegetables.
Speaker 1: So fast food is something I like to have just
Speaker 1: once in a while. I don't like to look at
Speaker 1: foods as good or bad, because all foods have good
Speaker 1: components in them because they're all providing energy to our bodies.
Speaker 2: So there's all.
Speaker 1: Foods can fit in a healthy diet. It's about the
Speaker 1: amount and how often we eat different types of things,
Speaker 1: so we can have those foods. And like I said,
Speaker 1: I love French fries, but I'm not going to be
Speaker 1: very full and satisfied and energized if I just eat
Speaker 1: French fries for my dinner. I want to have some
Speaker 1: protein like chicken along with it, and some vegetables. I
Speaker 1: love broccoli, So making a more balanced meal is going
Speaker 1: to help our bodies feel really nourished and satisfied.
Speaker 6: My mind is blown here, Emily.
Speaker 5: I want to try.
Speaker 3: All the foods Now Louis, and it's an important thing
Speaker 3: to remember all foods fit. Casey, let's dive a little deeper.
Speaker 3: How did you become a nutritionist.
Speaker 1: I became a special type of nutritionists called a dietitian.
Speaker 1: Dietitians help keep people healthy with the foods that they eat.
Speaker 1: When I was about twenty years old, I had a
Speaker 1: lot of belly aches and the doctor didn't know why,
Speaker 1: and I decided to try changing the foods that I
Speaker 1: was eating, and I found out that it helped so much.
Speaker 1: I felt so much better, and that was the first
Speaker 1: time that I really realized that food can change how
Speaker 1: you feel. When you become a dietitian, you're able to
Speaker 1: work in hospitals and help people who are sick as well.
Speaker 5: That's cool.
Speaker 6: You're like a food doctor.
Speaker 1: One story that comes to mind that is really cool
Speaker 1: of how I help someone is that there's a little
Speaker 1: one year old boy. He was getting sick a lot,
Speaker 1: and his doctor realized that he wasn't growing like he
Speaker 1: should be to add more foods into his diet, foods
Speaker 1: like avocado, nuts, eggs, cheese, oil that you cook with,
Speaker 1: and he started growing and gaining weight again.
Speaker 2: And that just felt so rewarding to me.
Speaker 6: Oh that's so nice.
Speaker 2: I get to be like a food superhero.
Speaker 3: That's super inspiring. Casey, thank you so much for this
Speaker 3: super special interview. And with that we can jump into
Speaker 3: our game show. Let's learn what the food puzzle is
Speaker 3: all about.
Speaker 6: Today we're playing I Spy. I'll say I spy with
Speaker 6: my little eye and then describe very ummy food. Casey,
Speaker 6: your job is to guess what food it is, and I'll.
Speaker 4: Ask which cool nutrient puzzle piece it has.
Speaker 6: You're ready, Casey, I'm ready.
Speaker 5: Okay.
Speaker 6: Number one, I Spy with my little eye A heart
Speaker 6: shape that's sweet as a pie with green leaves and
Speaker 6: freckles too. Yummion streats and good for you?
Speaker 5: What am I?
Speaker 2: Sounds cute? Is it something that could fit in the
Speaker 2: palm of my hand?
Speaker 5: It is?
Speaker 2: Is it a strawberry?
Speaker 6: It's a strawberry.
Speaker 3: And this strawberry has a little puzzle piece that lentils
Speaker 3: and popcorn also have.
Speaker 4: Can you guess what that is?
Speaker 1: Casey hmm, My gas would be a word called fiber.
Speaker 1: Fiber is a magical thing for your digestive system. It
Speaker 1: helps your body feel full and it also helps you poop.
Speaker 5: She said poop. Oh, okay, okay, number two.
Speaker 6: I spy with my little eye a swimmer with scales
Speaker 6: that shimmer and shine tastes this great grill or even fry?
Speaker 5: What am I?
Speaker 2: Is this something that lives in water?
Speaker 5: It is?
Speaker 1: Okay, my gas is gonna be my favorite fish, Salmon.
Speaker 2: I'm going with salmon.
Speaker 6: Salmon is a fish, so salmon is right?
Speaker 5: Yay?
Speaker 2: Fish? Okay?
Speaker 3: And fish carries the same little puzzle piece as eggs, meat, nuts, grains,
Speaker 3: and beans.
Speaker 4: Do you know what that could be?
Speaker 2: This is a puzzle I think it could be protein.
Speaker 1: Protein is important for growing bodies, especially because it helps
Speaker 1: your muscles grow really strong.
Speaker 6: Third, and last, I spy. I spy with my little eye.
Speaker 6: Something that looks like a pillow but not soft. Oh
Speaker 6: my full of white grains, tiny and small. Boil them
Speaker 6: up and they're soft for all?
Speaker 5: What am I?
Speaker 2: Okay, let's see. Does it start with an R?
Speaker 6: Yes? It does?
Speaker 2: I got it? Is it rice?
Speaker 4: It is rice?
Speaker 3: And rice shares something with corn and potatoes, fruits and milk.
Speaker 4: Can you tell us what that is?
Speaker 2: Yeah? They all have something in common.
Speaker 1: They're part of the group that's called carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are
Speaker 1: a big source of energy for our brains and our
Speaker 1: bodies too. But our brains really love carbohydrates. They basically
Speaker 1: just give our body energy.
Speaker 6: Casey, thanks so much for playing with us.
Speaker 2: It was fun.
Speaker 6: Now I know what I'll have for dinner when I
Speaker 6: get home. Fish with popcorn and rice with strawberries.
Speaker 3: That sounds like a fun meal. And are you having
Speaker 3: broccoli with mac and cheese sometime soon?
Speaker 6: I will, and I'll add some spinach too.
Speaker 3: Ooh sounds yummy. Now what did you learn about nutritionists today,
Speaker 3: Louise I.
Speaker 6: Learned that nutritionists are food pros. They know exactly what
Speaker 6: foods can help us grow big and strong, and that
Speaker 6: if you want to have a good meal, you need
Speaker 6: to make it colorful and different.
Speaker 3: Thanks for dagging along on this episodisode of Growing up
Speaker 3: all about nutritionists, the food experts that make sure we
Speaker 3: eat healthy and balanced meals.
Speaker 4: Remember, little listener, dream.
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