{"id":1047,"date":"2015-01-10T23:19:35","date_gmt":"2015-01-11T03:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/?p=1047"},"modified":"2015-05-02T02:08:04","modified_gmt":"2015-05-02T06:08:04","slug":"spoonful-of-sugar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/?p=1047","title":{"rendered":"Spoonful of Sugar"},"content":{"rendered":"

[A guest entry by Meaghan Long, with editorial assistance by Surfing the Spectacle]<\/em><\/p>\n

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“A bombshell report from Credit Suisse\u2019s Research Institute brought into sharp focus the staggering health consequences of sugar on the health of Americans\u2026.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.” <\/br>[from Global Research, Sugar: Killing Us Sweetly<\/a>, February 2014]<\/em><\/p>\n

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A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just a Spoonful of Sugar
\nAnd ev’ry bite you undertake
\nBecomes a piece of cake
\nA lark! A spree! It’s very clear to see that<\/p>\n

A spoonful of sugar helps the kidney shut down
\nThe intestine shut down
\nThe pancreas shut down
\nJust a spoonful of sugar helps the brain shut down
\nIn a most delightful way!<\/p>\n

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The big companies excessively give us the sugar
\nA health killer with a lethal trigger
\n\u201cMore sugar more sugar\u201d they yell
\nNot thinking about the health problems they sell.
\nJust add another gram
\nno one gives a damn<\/p>\n

A spoonful of sugar helps the kidney shut down
\nThe intestine shut down
\nThe pancreas shut down
\nJust a spoonful of sugar helps the brain shut down
\nIn a most delightful way!<\/p>\n

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Bringing in the dough by the billions
\nThe last thing on their minds are the civilians
\nWhile they work closely with Capitol Hill
\nWe the people deal with the medical bill
\nA few hours without the drug
\nAnd I feel that angsty tug
\nI\u2019ll just turn a blind eye
\nbecause it\u2019s impossible to say goodbye<\/p>\n

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A spoonful of sugar helps the kidney shut down
\nThe intestine shut down
\nThe pancreas shut down
\nJust a spoonful of sugar helps the brain shut down
\nIn a most delightful way!<\/p>\n

[For more about the wondrous effects of sugar, we recommend
\nthe article Is Sugar More Addictive Than Cocaine?<\/a>]<\/em>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[A guest entry by Meaghan Long, with editorial assistance by Surfing the Spectacle] “A bombshell report from Credit Suisse\u2019s Research Institute brought into sharp focus the staggering health consequences of sugar on the health of Americans\u2026.Our national addiction to sugar runs us an incredible $1 trillion in healthcare costs each year. The Credit Suisse report […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[34],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1047"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1143,"href":"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047\/revisions\/1143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}