Rayners Classic Crude Black Strap Molasses

Blackstrap molasses is a byproduct of sugar cane’s refining process. Sugar cane is mashed to create juice. It’s then boiled once to create cane syrup. A second boiling creates molasses.
After this syrup has been boiled a third time, a dark viscous liquid emerges known to Americans as blackstrap molasses. It has the lowest sugar content of any sugar cane product.
The wonderment of blackstrap molasses is that it’s unlike refined sugar, which has zero nutritional value. Blackstrap molasses contains vital vitamins and minerals, such as:
iron
calcium
magnesium
vitamin B6
selenium
Blackstrap molasses is touted as a superfood. While it’s no miracle cure, it’s a rich source of several minerals.
 
The health benefits of Black Strap molasses are:
Bone booster
Everyone knows that calcium is needed for strong bones, but not everyone knows the importance that magnesium plays in growing them.
Blackstrap molasses contains both calcium and magnesium, so it can help you guard against osteoporosis. About 1 tablespoon of blackstrap molasses provides 8 percent of the daily value for calcium and 10 percent for magnesium.
Adequate levels of magnesium are also crucial in preventing diseases like osteoporosis and asthma along with others that can affect your blood and heart.
 
2. Good for the blood.
People with anemia — a condition where your body doesn’t have enough red blood cells — often feel tired and weak. One type of anemia is caused by a lack of iron in the diet. Blackstrap molasses is a good source of iron. About 1 tablespoon of blackstrap molasses contains 20 percent of the daily value for iron.
 
3. Packed with potassium
Bananas may be king when it comes to potassium, but blackstrap molasses is also packed with it as well. In fact, one tablespoon of crude blackstrap molasses can have as much potassium as half a banana, which is about 300 milligrams per tablespoon. Potassium is touted as a good way to ease muscle cramps after workouts. However, there’s another muscle that might benefit from the mineral: the heart.  In people with hypertension, taking a potassium supplement may help lower blood pressure.
What’s more, eating a potassium-rich diet might help lower the risk of stroke. The mineral may also prevent or manage fluid retention.
 
To be used as part of a healthy lifestyle. For additional health and nutritional support call +233(55) 355 6279 and speak to our Naturopath at LifeWellness Wholistic and Ayurveda Center.