{"id":14942,"date":"2020-04-09T17:28:28","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T17:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=14942"},"modified":"2020-04-09T17:28:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T17:28:28","slug":"the-benefits-of-molasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/nutrition\/the-benefits-of-molasses\/","title":{"rendered":"The Benefits of Molasses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Derived from crushed sugar beets or sugar cane, molasses is a byproduct of the sugar-making process. The thick syrup can range in color, sweetness and density, as well as vitamins and minerals. Although its sugar content is very high, it may be a healthier alternative if you\u2019re going to eat sugar anyway.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Health benefits<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although you shouldn\u2019t rely on molasses to get your vitamins and minerals, it does supply moderate amounts of health benefits, including the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Calcium: helps promote bone health and osteoporosis<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Copper, iron and selenium: help promote bone health<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Potassium: promotes healthy blood pressure which, in turn, helps to maintain heart health<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> HDL (\u201cgood\u201d cholesterol): Although the effects of molasses were only tested on animal heart health, the results showed that animals who consumed molasses had increased levels of good cholesterol, which may protect against strokes and heart disease.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Blood sugar: While diabetics should limit their intake of all types of sugar, including molasses, because of its glycemic index rating, studies have shown that molasses may help stabilize blood sugar levels in healthy adults who are sticking to a high-carbohydrate diet.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Antioxidants: Antioxidants have been shown to help protect the cells in your body from oxidative stress, which has been linked to cancer and other diseases. One type of molasses, called \u201cblackstrap\u201d boats more antioxidants than other natural sweeteners, including maple syrup, agave nectar and even honey. (Blackstrap, which is produced by the third boiling of sugar.)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Side effects<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">First and foremost, molasses can be harmful to diabetics because of its sugar content.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It can also cause digestive issues if consumed in large quantities, including diarrhea or loose stools. Anyone with irritable bowel syndrome may want to avoid molasses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you don\u2019t have diabetes or IBS, molasses is probably safe to consume in small doses. Just remember that a serving is just 1 tablespoon.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Derived from crushed sugar beets or sugar cane, molasses is a byproduct of the sugar-making process. The thick syrup can range in color, sweetness and density, as well as vitamins and minerals. Although its sugar content is very high, it may be a healthier alternative if you\u2019re going to eat sugar anyway. Health benefits Although [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14957,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[453],"tags":[723,732],"class_list":["post-14942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nutrition","tag-diet","tag-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}