The maple syrup diet
It's not a fad diet
When people refer to the "maple syrup diet," they usually mean the lemon diet, or Master Cleanser: a regimen popularized in the 1970s that promised very rapid weight loss, but in an unbalanced way.
That is not what we are discussing here. For weight loss to be effective, it cannot be rapid: maple syrup can only help in conjunction with a balanced diet and physical activity. Its place is as a sugar substitute.
Glycemic Index 54
Around 270 kcal per 100g
No artificial sweeteners
Two different things with the same name
The confusion stems from there: a dietary trend from fifty years ago and a natural sweetener that, instead of sugar, removes calories without removing flavor.
The 1970s diet
It promised very rapid weight loss. An unbalanced regimen that shares little more than its name with maple syrup.
- Master Cleanser
- Lemon Diet
- Rapid Weight Loss
How it really works
Maple syrup only helps as part of a balanced diet, with the support of physical activity and the time it takes.
- Balanced diet
- Physical activity
- Time
About 25% less sugar
It is the third least caloric natural sweetener available, right after stevia and molasses. And it's sweeter, so you need less of it.
270 calories
Maple syrup
380 kcal
Cane sugar
390 kcal
White sugar
Three ways to get it on the table
It stimulates diuresis and helps eliminate excess fluids, facilitates thermogenesis, and is more digestible than sugar: it alleviates feelings of bloating and fullness.
In the morning, on an empty stomach
A spoonful dissolved in a glass of room temperature or warm water. It's the simplest way to test its diuretic effect.
With lemon and cinnamon
Juice of half a lemon, or apple, a spoonful of syrup and a pinch of cinnamon. A spiced drink to accompany meals or as a snack.
A drop for breakfast
It takes very little to keep sugar cravings at bay for a few hours, without resorting to sugar or artificial sweeteners.
Not just sugar
This "Canadian liquid gold" contains zinc, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, sodium, potassium, manganese and B vitamins, especially riboflavin. All of which are completely absent in refined sugar.
54
Glycemic index: lower than that of sugar and honey
200 mg
Potassium per 100g, 6% of the recommended daily allowance
94.5%
Of the manganese requirement, covered by 80 g of syrup
42%
Of the riboflavin requirement, again with 80 g
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