Note: Today we have a guest post from Sandy Harris, who runs the Diabetic Snacks Blog. Those of you that know me well know that I often flirt with “alternative” cures and treatments. Even so, I can’t vouch for the effectiveness of what you are about to read. After all, they are pretty strong claims. In fact, I’d be downright suspicious if I were going to attempt to use a ‘maple cure’ to diabetes (or anything else). Fortunately, nobody in my immediate family has to deal with diabetes. I did think you might find it interesting, though. I do know that diet can play a huge role in a number of common ailments. As to this ‘secret’ – I’d like to see the claims of exactly how much/how often you’d need to eat it for it to be effective. And of course, more studies showing the effectiveness.

-Bryce

Did you know that your favorite maple syrup is effective in fighting cancer and diabetes? According to the studies conducted by US researchers, there are strong evidences showing that maple syrup can substantially slow down the growth of cancer cells and can effectively reduce the risk of diabetes.

The new research shows that your favorite maple syrup has thirteen active compounds that serve as antioxidants. These thirteen compounds were previously unknown. The discovery proved that maple syrup could be very effective in fighting bacterial infection, diabetes and cancer.

An Effective Solution or Diabetes Sufferers

Maple syrup contains high levels of phytohormone and abscisic acid. According to research, this type of acid is a natural defense in controlling diabetes and other metabolic syndromes.

The acid is effective because it has the potential to encourage the release of insulin through the pancreatic cells. It can also enhance the fat cell’s sensitivity to insulin. The studies on maple syrup and its effects on diabetes have been reviewed by experts. The results of these studies were revealed before the American Chemical Society in San Francisco.

Maple Syrup as Your Best Chance against Cancer

A study punished in the Journal of Medicinal Food showed that maple syrup can significantly inhibit the growth of cancerous cells. This study was conducted by Quebec scholars. It seeks to prove the impact of maple syrup against cancer cells.

Based on the Quebec research, the growth of cancer cells can be inhibited by maple syrup. Specifically, the syrup is very effective against brain, prostate, and lung cancer. Unfortunately, maple syrup has minimal impact against breast cancer growth.

Your Tasty Alternative to Fight Cancer and Diabetes

Maple syrup can serve as your tasty alternative in fighting cancer and diabetes. There are many anti cancer foods today like blueberries, tomatoes, broccoli, and carrots. However, recent studies have shown that maple syrup is more effective against cancer compared to other anti cancer foods. Laboratory testing results also show that the syrup is more potent compared to the maple sap.

It is also ideal to use the pure dark syrup rather than the lighter syrup. Dark syrup has high color oxidation. This is the reason why darker maple syrup should be preferred. So if you want a better alternative to fight cancer and diabetes, then your favorite maple syrup is a good option.

Reference: Journal of medicinal food. 01/02/2010; ISSN: 1557-7600, OI: 10.1089/jmf.2009.0029

About the Author

Sandy Harris writes for the diabetic appetizers blog , her personal hobby blog focused on tips to prevent, cure and manage diabetes using healthy snacks and recipes.

The other day, I posted about first aid and how I realized that I don’t even own a first aid manual. I decided I needed to do something about it, so I took a look around the internet and found the first aid wikibook. The book has some good basic information. The problem is that the book is online, and thus it’s useless if you ever really need to look something up quickly. Also, the book page offers a couple of pdf downloads, but both of them had the same problem: a lack of a useful table of contents (as in a table of contents that has page numbers on it).

So I sat down, cut and pasted until my mouse clicking finger bled, and put together a pdf of the information in the way I wanted it. The file has a little bit of a margin on the left so you can print it and bind it however you’d like. Just right click the picture and choose “save as”.

First Aid pdf

If you’d like a printed, spiral bound version of this book, you can buy one at Lulu.com. First Aid – Printed and Coil Bound

In accordance with the wikibooks site, this pdf is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

This post got me thinking about first aid the other day: Medical Series Number One

I realized that even though I’ve had some basic first aid training, it’s been a long time since I’ve really studied up on it. I haven’t been certified in CPR since I was in Boy Scouts. I also don’t have any good First Aid manuals around my house or in my emergency kit.

Here’s some info I found online as I started to look into first aid again.

First Aid @ the Mayo Clinic

First Aid Tutorial

However, online info is pretty much worthless in the hour you need to apply first aid. (“Hold on, don’t die, just let me run inside and check the internet real quick.”) Even a book for that matter is not great, but at least you can throw the book in a emergency kit bag or the back seat of your car. I suppose the best thing is to read up regularly and keep it fresh in your mind.

I’ve considered taking the Red Cross’s online First Aid certification course. Does anybody out there know if this is a worthwhile thing to do?

https://www.redcrossonlinetraining.org/Distance/Default.aspx?CID=54