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.
How Maple Syrup is Made. The maple syrup production process gets its start from one of natureâs true phenomena. In springtime, when the nights are still cold, water from the soil is absorbed into the maple tree.bout 40 liters (10.5 gallons) of sap boil down to one liter (about .25 gallons or one quart) of pure maple syrup. For other maple products â butter, taffy, or sugar â the sweet syrup is further boiled in the evaporator to the temperature necessary to produce the different types of maple products.