maple syrup

Mmmm! Maple syrup! Well, I don't like it, but a lot of you out there probably do! Maple syrup is made from the xylem sap from sugar maple, red maple, or black maple trees. These trees carry starch (C6H10O5) which turns into glucose sugar (C6H12O6). This sugar rises in the sap, but sap can also be accessed by boring a hole through the trunk and excreting the sap through that hole. And that's how maple syrup is made. But, did you know that their is such thing as healthy maple syrup? There are different grades of maple syrup. The US uses a grade system that includes grade A and grade B. Grade B is a darker, less refined, and healthier syrup. It doesn't taste as sweet, but it definitely holds the maple flavor as said by many. It is also used in what is called the "lemonade diet" This diet is solely a liquid diet, in which you can only drink "lemonade". This lemonade consists of water, lemon juice, grade B maple syrup, and kayan pepper.