Coffee will keep you awake, so they say,
And it's not very 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 are remiss
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 a weakness that's hard to resist,
And 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!