A recent study has found that maple syrup can protect against brain cell damage caused by Alzheimer’s disease.
Researchers said that the sweet syrup, often used on top of pancakes, has hidden health benefits, adding that it may help prevent the misfolding and clumping of two types of proteins found in brain cells - beta amyloid and tau peptide.
The origin of Alzheimer’s is in fact initiated when the proteins in cells fold improperly and then accumulating and forming the plaque responsible for the said disease as well as other brain diseases.
Dr Donald Weaver, from the Krembil Research Institute of the University of Toronto, revealed his discovery at an American Chemical Society (ACS) meeting, where he said he had found that an extract of the sugar helped prevent cell damage.