By Chris @Zen to Fitness
I was reading the newspaper a few days ago and came across an article entitled ‘Forget Broccoli, Maple Syrup is the new Superfood’ or something along those lines. Usually I take these articles with a pinch of salt, but after reading it seemed a pretty interesting concept.
The basic premise revolves around Maple Syrup containing 54 beneficial compounds which is that of which scientists thought it had – these compounds are extracted as the sap is boiled down, so basically a heat extraction. Much like that of Blackstrap Molasses.
The most fascinating things is that many of these compounds produced by the boiling down are totally new and one even needed to be given a name “Quebecol” in honour of Maple Syrups Canadian roots.
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