Talking diabetes

VERSE
A
Eating sweets, too many berries

D
Not moving about - too sedentary

E
Docs given you bad news 

A
Diabetes

Its Sanskrit name describes the state you're in 

Madhumeha it means honey urine

You've eaten so many carbs

That you piss sugar

Ayurveda classifies foods by taste

Each performs an action and they're interlaced

If you indulge the sweet one

You guessed it: diabetes

CHORUS
A
So low

E
Sweetpeas we'll break
D
The back of this malevolent
E

Disease

So long
So free, now that
Now that you're unburdened
And unbound

VERSE

There are 20 types of diabetes
In 3 different sets with treatment based on opposites

What's the obvious one?

The bitter taste

All bitter foods have powerful actions
They're anti-inflammatory, antibacterial
Antiviral, anthelmintic
And alterative

E                                  A
Some big words there. Google them later.

One thing you'll notice in your Google result
Is how many treatments are made from leaves

Neem leaves, mango leaves, fig leaves, guava leaves
And many more

The sweeter the fruit, the better the leaves, the bitter the better

Add them in a soup, a stew or a chowder
Cook 'em in a tea, dry them for a powder
Eat the leaves
Leave the fruit

CHORUS

MIDDLE
D                                       A
Now the thing I want to leave you with
D                                       A
Apart from a love for leaves
D                                           E                            A
Is that the battle you face, is to reset your sense of taste

It takes discipline and deprivation
Become a stranger to the sugary sense
Don't be satisfied until you've tried, and

A          E        D          A
Carrots taste like a caramel
E        D          E           A
Water alone is deliciously sweet

Cocacola tastes horrible
You have no cravings for any treats

Suddenly you get back you sense of smell
And carrots taste like a caramel x3

(Optional extra verse)
The Ayurvedic treatment depends on the state you're in
Has diabetes made you thick or thin?
Do you need building up?
Or cleaning good

Yoga’s always good the sun salutation

For circulation from your head to your toes

Try the peacock pose

Good luck with that one

Doing bhujangasana every day

Will strengthen the stomach in a gentle way

And reinvigorate those

Dying digestive organs

And the more you socialize with friends

Who practice yoga and backward bends

It’s inevitable

You’ll see improvement