I am wary of most food fads and didn’t pay much attention to the Canada Maple Syrup representatives at Fitbloggin, but as I was sorting out all my swag, their brochure caught my attention.
At first I laughed at this statement:
Before your workout, maple syrup gives you the energy burst needed to power through your exercise regimen.
I mean, it’s sugar! But then I saw this nutrition information chart:
Now, I know I’m never going to consume a 1/4 cup “serving” of maple syrup (I just don’t like that much sweetness), but the chart provides an interesting comparison to my other go-to liquid sweetener, honey. I was surprised to see that maple syrup has more of some nutrients than honey, and fewer grams of sugars.
(Pure Maple Syrup in our Fitbloggin swag bag)
I do like a drizzle of maple syrup on my banana oatmeal pancakes, and I did put some Grade B maple syrup on my oatmeal at Fitbloggin (the darker grade syrup has more antioxidants and a stronger flavor) and it was delicious. Now, I may try it on other things instead of honey–like peanut butter toast. The Pure Canada Maple website has more interesting recipes, including a “sports drink” recipe (based on orange juice) and a smoothie recipe.
Do you like maple syrup? What do you think I should try it on?
Have you tried agave nectar?
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I'm not a fan of syrup at all. The smell actually turns my stomach. I have agave at he but never use it. I'm not much on sweeteners like that. Does that make me odd?
Not at all — you are probably better off without all of them!
I did the tasting at their booth and liked the darker amber best, too. I think they make a decent case for using it as fuel, it's just a matter of how. I do use agave nectar here and there as a sugar substitute when baking.
I used it yesterday instead of sugar in a pumpkin muffin recipe. I met up with Canada Pure Maple Syrup at the Health and Fitness Bloggers conference in Denver. I tend to use maple syrup more often then honey or agave nectar now. You just can't over look all of those nutrients. 🙂
How interesting I would have never have guessed that it has more nutritional value than honey. Thanks for the knowledge!
We're big fans of pure maple syrup, although like you said, I'd never use a 1/4 cup! Somehow the maple syrup never made it into my swag bag… 🙁 Those nutritional stats are impressive.
I loved chatting with you!
I've never compared maple syrup to honey. Very interesting.
I'm a huge maple syrup fan, especially with my pancake obsession. I actually stay away from agave, I've read enough to to know that agave is highly processed and relatively comparable to corn syrup. I use honey and maple syrup to sweeten recipes usually. I like my sweetener to come in its original form.
The other good thing about using maple syrup on pancakes is that it's so sweet and thick that I don't use too much.
I found you 🙂 I'm not a maple syrup person but I read the handout to and was also surprised. My son ate my little bottles I brought home so didnt get to try it other than at the booth but he said it was great 🙂 as most kids would. I tend to still use the packet stuff. Never tried the agave either. Good post though, food for thought for sure.
Being Canadian (!) I have to say that I LOVE Canadian maple syrup. Just not everyday and only in small quantities. Great for baking with and drizzling a bit over top of oats and pumpkin pancakes!
Now we're all going to carry around mini bottles of maple syrup instead of GU gels on long runs. 😉
I never knew that info either!
It's my go to sweetener, I use it for baking, topping pancakes, drizzling on roasted or baked sweet potato or pumpkin, a little dash to a smoothie, or a teaspoon added to your banana softserve!
Oooh! Those are great ideas.
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