New Posts For Thread: Maple syrup as health food? Yes!http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/27377241/Maple_syrup_as_health_food__Yes!A University of Rhode Island researcher has found that pure maple syrup from Quebec contains 54 beneficial compounds, several of which have anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. The researcher has found that the anti-oxidant compounds inhibThis thread was moved from the Hot Topics Zonehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/27377241/Maple_syrup_as_health_food__Yes!?post_id=491997749#491997749This thread was moved from the Hot Topics ZoneSat, 09 Apr 2011 13:11:53 -0500I grew up in the Ozarks, our maple trees were not sugar maples. They gave a great show in the Fall, but no sap in spring.The "home" sugar was from sorghum cane. What most people call molasses. Juice is pressed out of the cane, and boiled down in lhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/27377241/Maple_syrup_as_health_food__Yes!?post_id=491135133#491135133I grew up in the Ozarks, our maple trees were not sugar maples. They gave a great show in the Fall, but no sap in spring.The "home" sugar was from sorghum cane. What most people call molasses. Juice is pressed out of the cane, and boiled down in lFri, 01 Apr 2011 14:38:31 -0500LOLhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/27377241/Maple_syrup_as_health_food__Yes!?post_id=491134805#491134805LOLFri, 01 Apr 2011 14:35:01 -0500In the Kebecois novel, Maria Chapdelaine, there's a beautiful scene where she is "sugaring off" during the printemps maple season: As anyone can tell you, to "go sugaring" had a resonance up through the 1950s that involved a "sugaring shack" where "http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/27377241/Maple_syrup_as_health_food__Yes!?post_id=491134037#491134037In the Kebecois novel, Maria Chapdelaine, there's a beautiful scene where she is "sugaring off" during the printemps maple season: As anyone can tell you, to "go sugaring" had a resonance up through the 1950s that involved a "sugaring shack" where "Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:27:24 -0500In the Kebecois novel, Maria Chapdelaine, there's a beautiful scene where she is "sugaring off" during the printemps maple season: As anyone can tell you, to "go sugaring" had a resonance up through the 1950s that involved a "sugaring shack" where "http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/27377241/Maple_syrup_as_health_food__Yes!?post_id=491133009#491133009In the Kebecois novel, Maria Chapdelaine, there's a beautiful scene where she is "sugaring off" during the printemps maple season: As anyone can tell you, to "go sugaring" had a resonance up through the 1950s that involved a "sugaring shack" where "Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:17:42 -0500In the Kebecois novel, Maria Chapdelaine, there's a beautiful scene where she is "sugaring off" during the printemps maple season: As anyone can tell you, to "go sugaring" had a resonance up through the 1950s that involved a "sugaring shack" where "http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/27377241/Maple_syrup_as_health_food__Yes!?post_id=491132181#491132181In the Kebecois novel, Maria Chapdelaine, there's a beautiful scene where she is "sugaring off" during the printemps maple season: As anyone can tell you, to "go sugaring" had a resonance up through the 1950s that involved a "sugaring shack" where "Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:09:20 -0500Hi Ariel here you go...There is a difference between organic maple syrup and non-organic maple syrup. For years health conscious consumers have seen the word “Pure” associated with maple syrup and assumed the best.Many conventional maplehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/27377241/Maple_syrup_as_health_food__Yes!?post_id=491130541#491130541Hi Ariel here you go...There is a difference between organic maple syrup and non-organic maple syrup. For years health conscious consumers have seen the word “Pure” associated with maple syrup and assumed the best.Many conventional mapleFri, 01 Apr 2011 13:54:12 -0500If anyone wants to bring Maple Syrup to our house, I'll gladly make either Waffles or Pancakes, your choice.Your political "side" doesn't matter. Our mouths will be too full to discuss any politics.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/27377241/Maple_syrup_as_health_food__Yes!?post_id=491129797#491129797If anyone wants to bring Maple Syrup to our house, I'll gladly make either Waffles or Pancakes, your choice.Your political "side" doesn't matter. Our mouths will be too full to discuss any politics.Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:46:34 -0500Maple syrup has always been a staple in our kitchen; we have never used the popular blended pancake syrups.Growing up in Maine these many thousands of years ago, we used to tap the five trees on our lot and boil the sap down on the kitchen stove. Sinhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/27377241/Maple_syrup_as_health_food__Yes!?post_id=491126077#491126077Maple syrup has always been a staple in our kitchen; we have never used the popular blended pancake syrups.Growing up in Maine these many thousands of years ago, we used to tap the five trees on our lot and boil the sap down on the kitchen stove. SinFri, 01 Apr 2011 13:06:30 -0500What i did to prepare for my fast was use psyllium husks dissolved in hot water w/molasses added; the psyllium bulks up like a gel to get the colon gently cleansed, not like that "colon blow" stuff they sell these days.Warmest regards-Hatmanhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/27377241/Maple_syrup_as_health_food__Yes!?post_id=491125401#491125401What i did to prepare for my fast was use psyllium husks dissolved in hot water w/molasses added; the psyllium bulks up like a gel to get the colon gently cleansed, not like that "colon blow" stuff they sell these days.Warmest regards-HatmanFri, 01 Apr 2011 12:58:34 -0500