A Sweetener That Provides Missing Minerals

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A Sweetener That Provides Missing Minerals

Blackstrap Molasses is a Cheap Superfood for Iron and Magnesium

Dec 21, 2009 Louis

The importance of minerals is vastly understated. Most of our foods come from mineral depleted topsoil, yielding crops with low mineral content. Molasses to the rescue!

It's ironic that the byproduct of unhealthy refined sugar processing is full of beneficial and assimilable iron and magnesium, among other important nutrients. Why? Sugar cane has roots that go down as far as 15 feet below the ground. Thus the the mineral depleted topsoil is bypassed, enabling the plant to absorb minerals from richer, unspoiled bottom soil.

After sugar cane is processed to obtain refined empty calorie glucose spiking insulin debilitating white table sugar, the black gooey mess known as molasses is left with all the nutrients. The very best grade of molasses is unsulfured blackstrap molasses. It's not the best for sweetening, but it is the highest in nutrients. Unhealthy sulfur is an added preservative that you can do without.

A List of Nutrients

From just one tablespoon of unsulfured blackstrap molasses, you get an abundance of the following nutrients:

Magnesium: Many nutritional experts call this the master mineral because it is essential to more metobolic processes than any other one mineral. Because of poor topsoil, the greens that normally are the best source of magnesium are mostly insufficient. You should have half as much magnesium in your body as calcium.

Iron: Molasses contains more iron per serving than red meat! This can help vegans and vegetarians avoid anemia. And it's cheaper and safer as well.

Calcium: Molasses contains about the same amount of calcium that you'd get in a glass of cow's milk without the growth hormones. If you can't find organic whole raw milk, grab your unsulfured blackstrap molasses!

Potassium, which is nearly as essential as magnesium, especially for heart and kidney functions.

Vitamin B: Molasses is high in vitamin B complex, good for energy while helping your body cope with stress.

Chromium is a trace mineral that is rare in our diets. Helps your body maintain stable blood sugar levels.

Other Minerals: Molasses also contains manganese, copper, and selenium.

Enzymes: Molasses contains enzymes, which are the catalysts for metabolizing nutrients, and the reason why raw food vegans do that diet. But some blackstrap molasses and good veggie juicing will boost your enzyme levels regardless of your general diet.

Unsulfured blackstrap molasses is a food, and it's best to get your minerals from whole foods rather than supplement pills. This is agreed upon more and more by top nutritionists. Even if the supplement is food derived, the minerals lack the synergy of its natural food source.

Minerals are actually more important than vitamins because vitamins cannot be synthesized without minerals present. The order of importance for nutrients is oxygen, pure water, enzymes, minerals, then vitamins.Read more at Suite101: A Sweetener That Provides Missing Minerals: Blackstrap Molasses is a Cheap Superfood for Iron and Magnesium http://nutrition.suite101.com/article.cfm/a_sweetener_that_provides_missing_minerals#ixzz0nUhH9145