After my 93 year old aunt admitted to taking a tablespoon of molasses everyday from the time she was 28 years old I wondered if this was contributing to her good long healthy life. She had a fall in her nursing home a couple of weeks ago and did not break a bone. How remarkable! I was motivated to find out if molasses was her magical potion. According to Medical News Today *Molasses is a sweetener that is formed as a byproduct of the sugar-making process.*[source](https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318719.php#types) I learned that molasses is a a black syrupy non sugary substance that comes from the boiling of either sugar cane, beets, dates, sorghum and pomegranates The first boiling produces a light molasses that is sweeter in taste and generally used for baking. The second boiling produces a dark molasses, that is thicker and less sweet but still suggested to use in baking. It is the third boiling that makes the darkest, bitterer and strong flavoured molasses called blackstrap and can also be used for baking. Here is the blackstrap molasses I bought in the supermarket for the baking of the War Cake. This is made from sugar cane. My jar of molasses is un sulphured but some are sulphured, it has a sulphur dioxide in it, a preservative to stop the molasses from going off. 
Originally posted here: https://steemit.com/health/@angiemitchell/molasses-has-great-health-benefits
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