Coming off cooked food

[Bigbwii]

Here's another poem I wrote about coming off of cooked food.

 

Cooked food...I thought we had something special (a bitter farewell)

 

I was so young bright eyed and bushy tailed when we first met,

I should have known you were too good to be true, what ever did I expect?

 

As we grew up together I thought our love was so strong

now I sit here in a heap, wondering what on earth went wrong!

 

I would come to you for comfort instead you gave me discomfort and pain

It's still hurts to think that I was just being used for financial gain

 

How could I of ever thought you could possibly give me love in return

when really it was your distain for me I could not discern

 

There was a time I used to be drawn to you like a moth to a flame

Everytime I looked at you I would want to taste you but was I really to blame?

 

I always thought we'd be together forever

but I think it's best we part, to see each other never

 

Ok then...so this is it I see

I should have known you really had no intentions of ever loving me

 

Well just know that I will always have fond memories of you

Wait a minute, when really I think about it, time spent with you was always blue

 

The pain you brought me was often too much to bare

and to my early death you would have surely brought me near

 

So let's just quit this on again off again romance, I deserve to be free

after all you never even loved me, you never even knew me

 

It's time for me to move on, I've found another, one that truly loves me

It's funny because we found each other under a fruitful tree

 

I like this one I think we will be with each other for a long,long while

now I feel good about life, positive, strong and no longer feel fragile

 

So now I'm saying GOODBYE!!!! and I don't want any trouble

so just go, leave me alone, go burst someone else's bubble!!!!!

 

My life is good now, I don't owe you anything, so what the hell

just go about your business and hey!!!...... take this bitter farewell

[compassionategirl]

You're a poet Big

[jonathan]

good poem, though i have to disagree and say that there isnt anything wrong with cooked food. there is a balance to be had i think - most people could do with more raw food, but there are many nutrients that are so much more concentrated in cooked food, that it makes sense to eat it.

 

jonathan

[Xar]

good poem, though i have to disagree and say that there isnt anything wrong with cooked food. there is a balance to be had i think - most people could do with more raw food, but there are many nutrients that are so much more concentrated in cooked food, that it makes sense to eat it.

 

jonathan

Isn't that one of the arguments of meat-eaters against veggism?

I am not a raw-foodist, but I'm pretty sure there must be better arguments than that.

[Bigbwii]

Thanks Jonathan, I guess we will have to agree to dissagree but that's cool

 

Xar, yes sir your right! I think it all comes down to comfort zones!

 

Checkout these links!

 

http://www.healthpromoting.com/Articles/articles/PleasureTrap.htm

 

http://www.bupa.co.uk/health_information/html/health_news/190703addic.html

 

http://www.healthdiaries.com/blogs/vegetarianblues/archives/2004/09/casein_and_cheese_more_addictive_than_chocolate.html

 

http://www.rense.com/general52/msg.htm

[Bigbwii]

Here's some more info!

 

 

THE SLOW POISONING OF AMERICA & CANADA

 

By: John Erb

I wondered if there could be an actual chemical causing the massive obesity epidemic, so did a friend of mine, John Erb. He was a research assistant at the University of Waterloo, and spent years working for the government.

 

He made an amazing discovery while going through scientific journals for a book he was writing called The Slow Poisoning of America. In hundreds of studies around the world, scientists were creating obese mice and rats to use in diet or diabetes test studies.

 

No strain of rat or mice is naturally obese, so the scientists have to create them. They make these morbidly obese creatures by injecting them with MSG when they are first born. (How cruel is that?) The MSG triples the amount of insulin the pancreas creates, causing rats (and humans?) to become obese; they even have a title for the race of fat rodents they create: "MSG-Treated Rats"

 

I was shocked too. I went to my kitchen, checking the cupboards and the fridge. MSG was in everything! The Campbell's soups, the Hostess Doritos, the Lays flavored potato chips, Top Ramen, Betty Crocker Hamburger Helper, Heinz canned gravy, Swanson frozen prepared meals, Kraft salad dressings, especially the 'healthy low fat' ones. The items that didn't have MSG had something called Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein, which is just another name for Monosodium Glutamate. It was shocking to see just how many of the foods we feed our children everyday are filled with this stuff. They hide MSG under many different names in order to fool those who catch on. (If you're still eating the Standard American Diet, i.e., S.A.D., you might want to serious begin considering upgrading your diet.)

 

But it didn't stop there. When our family went out to eat, we started asking at the restaurants what menu items had MSG. Many employees, even the managers, swore they didn't use MSG. But when we ask for the ingredient list which they grudgingly provided, sure enough MSG and Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein were everywhere. Burger King, McDonalds, Wendy's, Taco Bell, every restaurant, even the sit down ones like TGIF, Chilis', Applebees and Denny's use MSG in abundance. Kentucky Fried Chicken seemed to be the WORST offender: MSG was in every chicken dish, salad dressing and gravy. No wonder I loved to eat that coating on the skin, their secret spice was MSG! (gross, Gross, GROSS!!)

 

So why is MSG in so may of the foods we eat? Is it a preservative or a vitamin? Not according to my friend John. In the book he wrote, an expose of the food additive industry called The Slow Poisoning of America, www.spofamerica.com, he said that MSG is added to food for the addictive effect it has on the human body. Even the propaganda website sponsored by the food manufacturers lobby group supporting MSG at: http://www.msgfacts.com/facts/msgfact12.html explains that the reason they add it to food is to make people eat more. (people are addicted to junk food like they're addicted to cigarettes)

 

A study of elderly people showed that people eat more of the foods that it is added to. The Glutamate Association lobby group says eating more benefits the elderly, but what does it do to the rest of us?

 

'Betcha can't eat just one', takes on a whole new meaning where MSG is concerned! And we wonder why the nation is overweight? (S.A.D.)

 

The MSG manufacturers themselves admit that it addicts people to their products. It makes people choose their product over others, and makes people eat more of it than they would if MSG wasn't added. Not only is MSG scientifically proven to cause obesity, it is an addictive substance! (If it's 's addictive, it's a drug, a bad drug )

 

Since its introduction into the American food supply fifty years ago, MSG has been added in larger and larger doses to the prepackaged meals, soups, snacks and fast foods we are tempted to eat everyday. (Get off the S.A.D. and no more temptations.)

 

The FDA has set no limits on how much of it can be added to food. They claim it's safe to eat in any amount. How can they claim it is safe when there are hundreds of scientific studies with titles like these?:

 

The monosodium glutamate (MSG) obese rat as a model for the study of exercise in obesity.

Gobatto CA, Mello MA, Souza CT, Ribeiro IA. Res

Commun Mol Pathol Pharmacol. 2002

 

Adrenalectomy abolishes the food-induced hypothalamic serotonin release in both normal and monosodium glutamate-obese rats.

Guimaraes RB, Telles MM, Coelho VB, Mori RC, Nascimento CM,

Ribeiro Brain Res Bull. August 2002

 

Obesity induced by neonatal monosodium glutamate treatment in spontaneously hypertensive rats: an animal model of multiple risk factors.

Yamamoto M, Iino K, Ichikawa K, Shinohara N, Yoshinari

Fujishima Hypertens Res. March 1998

 

Hypothalamic lesion induced by injection of monosodium glutamate in suckling period and subsequent development of obesity.

Tanaka K, Shimada M, Nakao K, Kusunoki Exp Neurol. October 1978

 

Yes, that last study was not a typo, it WAS written in 1978. Both the medical research community and food "manufacturers" have known MSG's side effects for decades! (And they ain't telling either.)

 

Many more studies mentioned in John Erb's book link MSG to Diabetes, Migraines and headaches, Autism, ADHD and even Alzheimer's.But what can we do to stop the food manufactures from dumping fattening and addictive MSG into our food supply and causing the obesity epidemic we now see? (I repeat, get off the S.A.D.)

 

Even as you read this, George W. Bush and his corporate supporters are pushing a Bill through Congress, and it's called the: "Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act"also known as the "Cheeseburger Bill". This sweeping law bans anyone from suing food manufacturers, sellers and distributors. Even if it comes out that they purposely added an addictive chemical to their foods. (Your Personal Responsibility: Quit Using Your Mouth As a Garbage Disposer!)

 

Read about it for yourself at:

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/8458081.htm

 

Last month the House of Representatives passed the "Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act" to protect the food and beverage industry from civil lawsuits. Under the measure, known as the Cheeseburger Bill, "people who buy food or drinks couldn't sue the companies that made them, the stores that sold them or the restaurants that served them if they got fat from the products, so long as the products met existing laws. The Senate is expected to take up a similar bill later this year."

 

The Bill has already been rushed through the House of Representatives, and is due for the same rubber stamp at Senate level. It is important that Bush and his corporate supporters get it through before the media lets everyone know about MSG, the intentional Nicotine for food. (Scary...)

 

Several months ago, John Erb took his book and his concerns to one of the highest government health officials in Canada. While sitting in the Government office, the official told him: "Sure I know how bad MSG is, I wouldn't touch the stuff!" But this top-level government official refused to tell the public what he knew. The big media doesn't want to tell the public either, fearing legal issues with their advertisers. (It's all about the money) It seems that the fallout on the fast food industry may hurt their profit margin.

 

So what do we do? The food producers and restaurants have been addicting us to their products for years, and now we are paying the price for it. Our children should not be cursed with obesity caused by an addictive food additive. But what can I do about it? I'm just one voice, what can I do to stop the poisoning of our children, while guys like Bush are insuring financial protection for the industry that is poisoning us. (I agree that everyone should take personal responsibility as to what goes into their bodies, it doesn't give the food processors carte blanche to poison and addict their target market, regardless of how ignorant they are!)

 

If you are one of the few who can still believe that MSG is good for us, and you don't believe what John Erb has to say, see for yourself. Go to the National Library of Medicine, at http://www.pubmed.com. Type in the words "MSG Obese", and read a few of the articles for yourself. (Will those who don't believe it actually take the time to prove themselves wrong?)

 

We do not want to be rats in one giant experiment, and we do not approve of food that makes us into a nation of obese, lethargic, addicted sheep, waiting for the slaughter. (Don't wait for the slaughter, get out of the fast food line. Simple, proactive, and effective.)

 

With your help we can put an end to this, and stop the Slow Poisoning of America. Let's save our children. (John Erb

[Hero]

wow i never knew all that about msg. im trying to eat more raw. its hard for me, but im trying. right now im having trouble eating bananas. ive eaten so many im sick of em. but with training, in time i will like em again

[jonathan]

good poem, though i have to disagree and say that there isnt anything wrong with cooked food. there is a balance to be had i think - most people could do with more raw food, but there are many nutrients that are so much more concentrated in cooked food, that it makes sense to eat it.

 

jonathan

Isn't that one of the arguments of meat-eaters against veggism?

I am not a raw-foodist, but I'm pretty sure there must be better arguments than that.

 

ah ha - but the ethical argument for veganism is the most prominant and important. there is no ethical argument for raw foodism or fruitarianism.

 

jonathan

[Xar]

ah ha - but the ethical argument for veganism is the most prominant and important. there is no ethical argument for raw foodism or fruitarianism.

 

jonathan

I guess I'm primarily vegan for the wrong reasons then

[Bigbwii]

Jonathan, if I understood you right, they say raw veganism /fruitarianism is the ultimate as far as ethics are concerned There's thousands of raw vegans that share your views on animal cruelty! you just got to visit all the raw vegan forums to see that!