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Good news for sweet tooths everywhere: that sticky syrup you love to pour on pancakes and waffles is not only bad for you — it might be good for you, too.
Sure, it's sugary and calorie-packed. But real maple syrup is also full of compounds touted for their health benefits, according to a professor from the University of Rhode Island.
Here's why maple syrup is very good for your health
Seeded on Tue Mar 23, 2010 8:59 PM EDT
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Perhaps ol' Jim Kelmun from Asheville, N.C. is not so far wrong with his 'maple syrup and baking soda' cancer cure.
Particularly as some alternative medicine proponents, such as Tullio Simoncini, have been suggesting baking soda is a powerful anti-cancer agent, as well.
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#1 - Tue Mar 23, 2010 9:04 PM EDTSeeram – awarded a $115,000 research grant by the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers, and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Ummm, the research was funded by the maple syrup producers??? Can anyone say "conflict of interest"!!
- 1 vote
This is more the norm than not, these days. For good or for ill.
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"is" not only bad for you — it "might be" good for you, too.
That's a recommendation? 'Is' as opposed to 'might be'?
Why does that statement not fill me with confidence? "Poison is bad for you, but it might be good for you, too."
Let me know when you're sure one way or the other.
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#2 - Tue Mar 23, 2010 10:02 PM EDT
Woot, I'll take it, I love me some maple syrup. Grade B dark please.
And thank you.
- 5 votes
#3 - Tue Mar 23, 2010 11:16 PM EDTLuckily, sugarbush season is not quite over up here....
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#5 - Wed Mar 24, 2010 8:49 PM EDTOne of my favorite passages in literature is the description of "sugaring off" that Laura Ingalls Wilder writes about in Little House in the Big Woods. Yes, it is a kids' book, but she makes it seem so much fun and I someday want to try hot maple syrup over pristine snow.
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