| The oatmeal raisin cookie is the icon of the | | | | energy centers of the body, and over time |
| Baby Boom generation, especially those who | | | | most of them have been either disproved or at |
| came of age in the '60s, when the previously | | | | least damped down. Such crazes continue to |
| alien concept of health food began to | | | | today, although they are more likely to be |
| infiltrate the public consciousness. People | | | | sparked over a new drug or herbal tablet that |
| started looking for ways to add fiber and | | | | has a higher profit potential than over |
| grains into their diets, and the idea that a | | | | something anyone can make at home.Let's start |
| cookie could help with that was an almost | | | | with the oatmeal. If you've seen Wilford |
| irresistible lure.And unlike many health | | | | Brimley lately, you've heard his claims about |
| claims that came out of the original health | | | | the health benefits attributable to oatmeal. |
| food craze, this one actually has some facts | | | | The thing is, they're true. Oatmeal is high |
| to back it up. There were dozens of foods | | | | in fiber, which carries any number of health |
| that were touted as being good for everything | | | | benefits. |
| from your heart to your charkas, the mystical | | | | |