[A guest entry by Meaghan Long, with editorial assistance by Surfing the Spectacle]
“A bombshell report from Credit Suisse’s Research Institute brought into sharp focus the staggering health consequences of sugar on the health of Americans….Our national addiction to sugar runs us an incredible $1 trillion in healthcare costs each year. The Credit Suisse report highlighted several health conditions including coronary heart diseases, type II diabetes and metabolic syndrome, which numerous studies have linked to excessive sugar intake.” [from Global Research, Sugar: Killing Us Sweetly, February 2014]
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A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR
Just a Spoonful of Sugar
And ev’ry bite you undertake
Becomes a piece of cake
A lark! A spree! It’s very clear to see that
A spoonful of sugar helps the kidney shut down
The intestine shut down
The pancreas shut down
Just a spoonful of sugar helps the brain shut down
In a most delightful way!
The big companies excessively give us the sugar
A health killer with a lethal trigger
“More sugar more sugar” they yell
Not thinking about the health problems they sell.
Just add another gram
no one gives a damn
A spoonful of sugar helps the kidney shut down
The intestine shut down
The pancreas shut down
Just a spoonful of sugar helps the brain shut down
In a most delightful way!
Bringing in the dough by the billions
The last thing on their minds are the civilians
While they work closely with Capitol Hill
We the people deal with the medical bill
A few hours without the drug
And I feel that angsty tug
I’ll just turn a blind eye
because it’s impossible to say goodbye
A spoonful of sugar helps the kidney shut down
The intestine shut down
The pancreas shut down
Just a spoonful of sugar helps the brain shut down
In a most delightful way!
[For more about the wondrous effects of sugar, we recommend
the article Is Sugar More Addictive Than Cocaine?]
