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