alfreda89 | If true, this is discouraging -- Agave Nectar, the hoax....

**Sigh** Sometimes, I just use small amounts of sugar. I wonder what "organic" or "raw" agave nectar is, then?

Beware of the Agave Nectar Health Food Hype

From the article:

Agave “nectar” or agave “syrup” is nothing more than a laboratory-generated super-condensed fructose syrup, devoid of virtually all nutrient value, offering you metabolic misfortune.

Unfortunately, masterful marketing has resulted in the astronomical popularity of agave syrup among people who believe they are doing their health a favor by avoiding refined sugars like high fructose corn syrup, and dangerous artificial sweeteners.

And if you’re diabetic, you’ve been especially targeted and told this is simply the best thing for you since locally grown organic lettuce, that it’s “diabetic friendly,” has a “low glycemic index” and doesn’t spike your blood sugar.

While agave syrup does have a low-glycemic index, so does antifreeze -- that doesn’t mean it’s good for you. Agave syrup has the highest fructose content of any commercial sweetener -- ranging from 70 to 97 percent, depending on the brand, which is FAR HIGHER than high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), which averages 55 percent.

This makes agave actually WORSE than HFCS.

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Which encourages you to make your own, because processed foods taste so horrible. Sweet-salt-sticky-gaaaahhhh.

Yup. I do buy Pamela's cookies, since I don't have any cookie recipes I like, and one of those with tea is quite satisfying. But most things people buy have become invisible to me.

The next time I'm down at Native Seeds, I think I'll ask about this--the variety they sell is not, I think, the same one on supermarket shelves, but I don't know if it's made any differently.

There's one sold in the health food stores called Madhava or something like that, that is good and claims to be small batched, cooked at low temps, etc. etc. I've had it and it's good. Wholesome Sweeteners sells one, too, at the same price, that is also certified organic. It, however, says nothing about its processing on the label. Organic means growth and exposure to pesticides, legally -- I don't know that processing means anything for that label.

The fact that Wholesome Sweeteners sold a two-pack to Costco doesn't mean it's being mass produced -- that could be a regional sale, since Wholesome is in Sugarland, TX. But still. I'm feeling better about maple syrup, despite its high price.

If true, this is discouraging -- Agave Nectar, the hoax....

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