News About Maple Syrup

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A team from Laval University in Quebec has discovered compelling evidence that replacing just two tablespoons of refined sugar with pure maple syrup could significantly reduce several key risk factors for heart disease and diabetes. Their results were published in The Journal of Nutrition Volume 154, October 2024.  Their study involved a randomized, double-blind, controlled crossover trial with 42 overweight adults. Participants were instructed to substitute 5% of their total caloric intake from added sugars with either maple syrup or a sucrose syrup for 8 wk. The study concluded that:Substituting refined sugars with maple syrup in individuals with mild metabolic alterations result...

We all like a sweet treat now and then, some of us more than others.  But for baking, cooking, and adding to your coffee what's the best sweetener?  Well from an environmental impact perspective and from a health perspective we think maple sugar is the clear winner.  Maple sugar is made by boiling down maple syrup, stirring until it crystalizes, and sifting. Nothing is added and no extensive processing.  Maple syrup is made from boiling the sap of maple trees, again nothing added and no extensive processing. The maple trees are in a natural forest that require no outside resources (like fertilization,...