ALS isn't an easy disease to diagnose. Its symptoms mimic those of other diseases (such as Parkinson's) and there isn't one test to spot it. Often doctors will rule out other diseases to arrive at a diagnosis. For the very small percentage of people with familial ALS, there's a genetic test to look for the faulty SOD1 gene. However, because most people with ALS don't have this gene, the test isn't very useful.
A tablespoon of pure maple syrup contains about 13.5 grams of carbohydrates. Of those, 12.4 grams are from sugars. These sugars are primarily from sucrose, which is a complex sugar that your body breaks down to the simple sugars fructose and glucose at a one-to-one ratio.
Maple Facts. 1  Maple sap is a sweet, water like liquid that is collected from the maple trees. 2  Rock Maples make the best sugar maples. 3  A high concentration of sugar maples is called a sugarbush. 4  The building that the maple syrup is produced is called a sugarhouse. Maple sap is what the tree uses to make buds. 2  When the trees have made buds, the time to make syrup has ended. 3  The syrup will become very bitter to taste after the budding. 4  During the summer the trees make starch that is stored and turned to sugar.