I stopped at a grocery store the other day for yogurt, and there I was in the aisle for 11 minutes, wondering, how did this become a research project?

Greek or Icelandic. Oat or almond. Low-fat or full-fat.

And every container has a claim on it. One promises better digestion.

Another, stronger immunity. From what? I don’t know.

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I half expected one to promise to fix my credit score.

Remember when it was strawberry or blueberry? That was it.

Now I’m leaving the back of containers like they’re contracts.

So I grabbed the one with Oreos in it and left. Took me about three seconds. Best decision I made all week.

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