{"id":1107,"date":"2012-02-03T18:12:56","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T18:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1107"},"modified":"2012-02-04T11:24:50","modified_gmt":"2012-02-04T11:24:50","slug":"artificial-sweeteners-say-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/02\/artificial-sweeteners-say-no\/","title":{"rendered":"Artificial Sweeteners say NO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I never have been one,<br \/>\nfor artificial anything<br \/>\nand sweeteners to my mind,<br \/>\njust made no sense<br \/>\nThat was until the manufacturers<br \/>\ndestroyed the real raw cane<br \/>\nAnd turned it into something<br \/>\nwhite and dense<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sugar Cane was natural,<br \/>\nsweet and tasty<br \/>\nRefining took out<br \/>\nthe goodness that it had<br \/>\nA commodity was born<br \/>\nto make fat profits<br \/>\nand then it got a name, for being bad<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It played into the hands of those big corporates<br \/>\nNothing they do is pointless, as we see<br \/>\nYes, they modified a natural sweetener<br \/>\nBut opened up the <a id=\"_GPLITA_4\" title=\"Powered by Text-Enhance\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cooksdelight.co.uk\/poems\/printview.htm?id=5566#\">market<\/a> actually<br \/>\nAs sugar was avoided in the process<br \/>\nCreating a big hole for something new<br \/>\nThat introduced a cocktail of nice chemicals<br \/>\nAnd Monsanto was behind it just for you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Anything to get it on the market<br \/>\nIts massive power and the people that it knew<br \/>\nThe FDA they kind of just accepted it<br \/>\nAnd like a rocket ship the product flew<br \/>\nIt had its doubters and drew negativity<br \/>\nBut Monsanto&#8217;s muscle<br \/>\nlaunched it like a dream<br \/>\nMost of the Corporations bought into it<br \/>\nAnd it became a lovely profit stream<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I wouldn&#8217;t touch it with the proverbial broomstick<br \/>\nTo me it has more bad marks than has good<br \/>\nWhats wrong with Rapadura if you want to sweeten up a dish, environmentally I know I should<br \/>\nBut the Corporates wouldn&#8217;t think to cover ethics<br \/>\nor environments, or the bigger picture here<br \/>\nAll they see is dollar bills filling up electronic tills<br \/>\nAnd the botton line which brings them so much cheer<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Alongside this was HFCS invented in Japan<br \/>\nHigh fructose corn syrup another sweetheart plan<br \/>\nGreat for world obesity and labels just could say<br \/>\nCorn Syrup, so no sugar and the ignorant did stray<br \/>\nThey bought the bars, and kiddies foods<br \/>\nBelieving them to be, less sweet no sugar added, thats what some mothers said to me<br \/>\nOf course this was a error refined corn syrup was<br \/>\nWorse than raw cane sugar<br \/>\nBut took off just because<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a id=\"_GPLITA_0\" title=\"Powered by Text-Enhance\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cooksdelight.co.uk\/poems\/printview.htm?id=5566#\">Marketing<\/a> was top knotch<br \/>\nand worthy of applause.<br \/>\nAnd now another product<br \/>\ncreeps quietly to the floor<br \/>\nNeotame sounds the same<br \/>\nand most seem to ignore<br \/>\nMonsanto&#8217;s latest artificial<br \/>\nsweetener, take a bow<br \/>\nThey&#8217;ve got it through the FDA<br \/>\nThough no one quite knows how<br \/>\n7000 to 13,000 times sweeter<br \/>\nthan sucrose<br \/>\nand already in a 1000 products<br \/>\nworldwide that just shows<br \/>\nHow aggressive marketing<br \/>\nAnd Corporate clout can make<br \/>\nThe difference but I shiver<br \/>\nand I have to say I shake<br \/>\nIts E number is 961<br \/>\nThat number will appear<br \/>\nOn the label and that is all<br \/>\nso folks its very clear<br \/>\nThese artificial sweeteners<br \/>\nare best left in the store<br \/>\nThey are really <a id=\"_GPLITA_1\" title=\"Powered by Text-Enhance\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cooksdelight.co.uk\/poems\/printview.htm?id=5566#\">neurotoxins<\/a><br \/>\nThey create a mini war<br \/>\nInside our brains so do take care<br \/>\nTry to avoid this stuff<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t be drawn to processed foods<br \/>\nTell yourself you&#8217;ve had enough<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And the cans of carbonated drinks<br \/>\nSo acidic, like hell<br \/>\nGive them a miss for goodness sake<br \/>\nAnd avoid those shops that sell<br \/>\nAll this corporate rubbish<br \/>\nDosed up with chemicals that<br \/>\nAre not there to improve your <a id=\"_GPLITA_2\" title=\"Powered by Text-Enhance\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cooksdelight.co.uk\/poems\/printview.htm?id=5566#\">health<\/a><br \/>\nAnd they will make you fat<br \/>\nThey will make you feel depressed<br \/>\nMedication is in the food<br \/>\nIts being fed to the animals<br \/>\nAnd essentially its crude<br \/>\nGrow your own and make your own<br \/>\nCookies, cakes and bread<br \/>\nMake lemonade, Make a batch of ale<br \/>\nDad can do it in the shed<br \/>\nOne day, you will thank me<br \/>\nWith <a id=\"_GPLITA_3\" title=\"Powered by Text-Enhance\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cooksdelight.co.uk\/poems\/printview.htm?id=5566#\">Home<\/a> made food you know<br \/>\nExactly what goes into it<br \/>\nand why you love it so<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another artificial Sweetener slips onto the market place. 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