Functional foods

I’m a big fan of functional foods that claim to do things for your health, even if most of it is bunk.

At any given time, our cupboard is likely to contain wheat germ (that actually is good),Smart Balance cholesterol-reducing peanut butter, Nutrition for Women oatmeal, aloe drinks, Smart Balance oatmeal, fiber-enhanced breads, vitamin-enriched crackers, bran cereal, seventeen kinds of herbal tea, and so on and so forth.

I probably shouldn’t be surprised that Eric doesn’t always keep it all straight.

Today, while handing me an Activia yogurt and grabbing one for himself, he cautiously asked, “Wait, this stuff isn’t going to give me a period, is it?”

I have to wonder which product makes that claim.