LET'S HEAR IT FOR CHOLESTEROL!



Coffee will keep you awake, so they say
And it's not any good for your heart.



From creamy desserts you must also abstain,



Or this life you may quickly depart!

Breakfast of bacon and eggs is unwise



And that hot buttered toast is taboo!
Nicotine calms you when you get uptight



But it fills up your lungs with black goo!

And though Roman Legions
were paid off in salt.



My doc shakes his head in dismay



At any suggestion my intake of salt
Should be more than a few grains a day



It will raise your blood pressure,
unless you refrain
And put extra strain on your pump,



Your ticker may fail you if you ignore this,
For salty food makes you a chump!

Watch starches and sugars
in cookies and cakes



That will put inches more on your span!
Avoid greasy chips too,
for they will give you
A profile like the Michelin man.




Everyone has one weakness
that's hard to resist,
But ONE tempts both human and beast,
For the Lure-Universal
of Chocolate is crammed
With those fats that will make us obese!



'Cholesterol' frightens;
a name to be feared
By most men alas and alack,
But if I discovered
they sold it in stores,
I'd buy it wholesale by the sack!

Tis true, all the things that I like,
it appears,
Will likely short-change my career!



But begone you nay-sayers!
I'll eat what I like,
And I'll enjoy the time that I'm here!