Maple Syrup Smeared All Over

You can’t make this stuff up: the latest fad in the UK, according to the Scotsman, is the use of Maple Syrup to get yourself thin. Yep, millions of Americans every morning use the stuff and seem to get bigger – but when Beyonce uses it – she sheds pounds:

A diet championed by the singer Beyoncé Knowles which involves slimmers drinking maple syrup for ten days at a time to lose a stone in weight has become the latest diet craze in the UK. Health food shops have reported a huge increase in sales of Madal Bal Natural Tree Syrup over the summer after fashion magazines such as Elle reported on its popularity across Europe.

Scotsman.com