A Food Label Lament
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Whenever I read a newspaper or go to the supermarket, I'm battered(!) by information about which foods
are best for me. This is truly depressing and I only believe some of it. This poem sums up my thoughts.
A Food Label Lament
Every day there's folk who expound
on what we should eat, and I've found
they all promote a point of view
of what they think is good for you.
The manufacturers don't comply
and in the face of reason fly,
for taste is what makes products sell,
that's what the listed contents tell.
Please ignore the sugar and salt,
which isn't really all their fault.
They do it to improve the taste
so that it doesn't go to waste,
or you'll just throw it in the bin.
After all, it isn't a sin
to stop your food from tasting bland
when additives are close at hand.
Once, it was E-numbers that prevailed
and colourings were much bewailed
for they were always thought to be
such harmful things for you and me.
Now it's sugar and salt to blame
and fat to add another name.
Cakes and biscuits, well they're all bad
and chocolate is banned, which makes us sad.
For something has to sweeten life
which frankly is too full of strife.
Should it really turn out this way?
It's quite impossible to say.
At any rate some comfort food
lifts our spirits and cheers our mood.
Let's ignore what's on the packet,
advertising's just a racket.
It may be good or may be not,
the main thing is, don't eat a lot.
Everything in moderation,
that will be our health's salvation.
Copyright © Elisabeth Sheaffer | Year Posted 2017
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