A spoonful of smart.

Two women in my shared workspace were comparing the nutritional value of two types of instant oatmeal today.

Carb-for-carb, I think the Quaker packet came out on top.

At the time they were talking, I could be observed eating peanut butter by the tablespoon right out of the jar.

It seems they didn’t get the message from the University of Pittsburgh and the University of California.

Never mind all those details about Omega-this and fleshy fish-that or the fact that the research didn’t really do anything besides correlate being "curvy" and having “higher” test scores – it turns out that being fat can make your kids smart.

Does your oatmeal do that?