November 5th, 2008Blackstrap Molasses
November 5, 2008
Did you know that by taking just 3 tablespoons of molasses a day you can help cure:
• Arthritis
• Ulcers
• Dermatitis and eczema
• High blood pressure
• Constipation and colitis
• Varicose veins
• Anemia
• Bladder troubles such as difficult urination
• Nerve damage
Molasses also:
• Helps to preserve your teeth
• Provides necessary nutrients for pregnancy and helps with morning sickness
• Helps with menopause
• Will restore unhealthy fingernails and hair
What is molasses and why is it so good for you?
Molasses comes from sugar cane. Its roots go 15 feet in the earth, so it pulls a lot of minerals from those deep roots that are very good for you.
Here are a few of the beneficial nutrients found in just 2 teaspoons of blackstrap molasses:
• 11.8% of your daily need for calcium
• 13.3% of your iron
• 14% of your cooper
• 18% of your manganese
• 9.7% of your potassium
• 7.3% of your magnesium
Of particular note, blackstrap molasses can increase your energy by helping to replenish your iron stores. This is particularly important for menstruating, pregnant, or breast-feeding women, who are more at risk for iron deficiency. In addition, growing children and adolescents also have increased needs for iron. Iron is an integral component of hemoglobin, which transports oxygen from the lungs to all body cells, and is also part of key enzyme systems for energy production and metabolism.
Make sure you buy unsulphured molasses from a health food store.
To get your daily molasses you can either take it by the spoonful, or if that is too strong for you then mix a tablespoonful in a glass of water three a day. Your body will thank you for it!
RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=118
http://www.ahyradio.com/Molasses.html
Printable version: http://www.herballegacy.com/Molasses.pdf
November 5th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Here’s a neat website. It’s talking about a book but I found some great molasses info on it….
but to the left is a recipe link- not all of them a mucousless but there are those on there or those that can be changed a bit…
http://www.whfoods.org/recipestoc.php#recipes
blessings, Kat
November 5th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
I enjoy your Newsletter,If i have a liver condation, Can i take 3 Tablespoon of unsulphured molasses a day ?
Pam
November 11th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
I think as long as your blackstrap molasses is a organic whole food (as much as possible) source there should be no problem.
November 17th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
I really enjoy reading and learning from the newsletters, I am learning how important organic whole foods are to the body.
Am seeing that eating is not about feeling full after eating, but that it is a privilege to be able to eat healthy organic whole foods.If i was not sick with a liver condation. I would have never known some of the foods i have come to know.I feel i have been bless to have found you and to know the importants of eating Mucusless foods to live.
Thankyou David and those who have been understanding with my phone calls and ansewing my comment on Molasses. Am still have alot to learn. Oh by the way,Traci i made my first Almonnaise and i did it right the first time, i was so proud of myself i have never made any thing like this before and it’s healthy an taste so good.
thanks again from Pam
December 17th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
I love your newsletters and helpful info. Have been using Dr. Christopher’s programs, 3 days cleanse, mucousless diet, herbal cleanses, etc.
I came across this article about molasses which seems to contradict Dr. Christopher’s feelings about molasses. Can you review and give me some feedback.
http://www.rawfoodexplained.com/junk-foods-molasses/molasses-a-super-junk-food.html
December 22nd, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Cane molasses
Sulphured molasses is made from young green sugar cane and is treated with sulphur dioxide, which acts as a preservative, during the sugar extraction process. Unsulphured molasses is made from mature sugar cane and does not require treatment with sulphur during the extraction process. There are three grades of molasses, Mild or first molasses, Dark or second molasses, and Blackstrap. These grades may be sulphured or unsulphured.
To make molasses, which is pure sugar cane juice, the sugar cane plant is harvested and stripped of its leaves. Its juice is extracted from the canes, usually by crushing or mashing, it can also be removed by cutting. The juice is boiled to concentrate which promotes the crystallization of the sugar. The results of this first boiling and removal of sugar crystal is first molasses, which has the highest sugar content because comparatively little sugar has been extracted from the source. Second molasses is created from a second boiling and sugar extraction, and has a slight bitter tinge to its taste.
The third boiling of the sugar syrup gives blackstrap molasses. The majority of sucrose from the original juice has been crystallized but black strap molasses is still mostly sugar by calories[1]; however, unlike refined sugars, it contains significant amounts of vitamins and minerals. Blackstrap molasses is a source of calcium, magnesium, potassium and iron. One tablespoon provides up to 20 percent of the daily value of each of those nutrients.[2][3] Black strap is often sold as a health supplement, as well as being used in the manufacture of cattle feed, and for other industrial uses.
Sugar beet molasses
Molasses that comes from the sugar beet is different from cane molasses. Only the syrup left from the final crystallization stage is called molasses; intermediate syrups are referred to as high green and low green and these are recycled within the crystallization plant to maximize extraction. Beet molasses is about 50% sugar by dry weight, predominantly sucrose but also containing significant amounts of glucose and fructose. Beet molasses is limited in biotin (Vitamin H or B7) for cell growth, hence it may need to be supplemented with a biotin source. The non-sugar content includes many salts such as calcium, potassium, oxalate, and chloride. These are either as a result of concentration from the original plant material or as a result of chemicals used in the processing. As such, it is unpalatable and is mainly used as an additive to animal feed (called “molassed sugar beet feed”) or as a fermentation feedstock.
It is possible to extract additional sugar from beet molasses through a process known as molasses desugarisation. This technique exploits industrial scale chromatography to separate sucrose from non-sugar components. The technique is economically viable in trade protected areas where the price of sugar is supported above the world market price. As such it is practiced in the U.S.[4] and parts of Europe. Molasses is used for yeast production.
There is much information out there about molasses. As stated, molasses that has had chemicals added to it is called something else and is used for animal feed. Everyone has their own opinions about diet. When I was reading the information on the website you linked I was confused on the sources he didn’t furnish. I am sure you can tell our feelings on molasses based on the newsletters. We feel that it is an excellent source of calcium, iron, potassium, and other nutrients. Please let us know if we have answered your questions.
December 25th, 2008 at 5:51 am
Jared, thank you for your response. I love my organic unsulphured blackstrap molasses and will continue to take it daily.
February 25th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
I put it on my pancakes in the morning. It is great.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
can i take molaasses everyday for the rest of my life to maintain health and do i need to drink lemon juice to prevent kidney stones.
July 25th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
i wonder if it’s just ok to consume the sulphured BSM I bought FROM tASTE, HK , as then i couldn’t find unsulphured one.. what is the danger? Am anemic with low hemoglobin count, so i thought I would give it a try when I read about it’s benefits for people like me. I just maNAGE TO FIND UNSULPHURED FROM CITY sUPER IN hk BUT IT ONLY SAID MOLASSES, BY BRER RABBIT, NO bsm, I THINK THIS WL DO FOR THE MOMENT. bUT I HV TO TAKE THE EARLIER ONE I BOUGHT.IS IT SAFE?