Agave nectar bad?

March 4, 2010

I found a recent article which claims that agave nectar is in fact worse for you than high fructose corn syrup!! Could this be? If you end up reading the article, let me know what you think. This could make me super sad ;-p. http://www.thatsfit.com/2010/02/15/debunking-the-agave-myth/

March 4, 2010

At 8:14 PM -0800 3/3/10, Sarah Tomecek wrote:

I found a recent article which claims that agave nectar is in

fact worse for you than high fructose corn syrup!! Could this be? If

you end up reading the article, let me know what you think. This could

make me super sad ;-p.

http://www.thatsfit.com/2010/02/15/debunking-the-agave-myth/

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I didn't look at that link, but I've seen slams against agave

from disreputable sources so I did a little googling and found

this.

The bottom line is to beware of all sweeteners if you use too much,

and no need to worry about any of them if you use a reasonable

amount.

http://www.drmcdougall.com/forums/vi...p?f=22 & t=15181

Nutritionist Jeff Novick says, " It takes a minimum of 50 grams of

fructose to see any negative effect and at least 100 grams of fructose

to see any real negative effect ....the real issue is not which one,

but the total amount. "

(studies are cited)

http://drmcdougall.com/forums/viewto...light=glycemic

" My recommendation is that added caloric sugars should not be

more than 5% of total calories, which equates to no more than about 2

TB/day or the equivalent of 100 calories/day. The problem is if you

include packaged products, there is no clear way to determine the

amount of added sugars. Therefore, my guidelines is to limit any

packaged products with added sugars and for the ones you do use, the

less added sugars in them the better. The best way to determine this

is to read the ingredient list and the further down the ingredient

list the sugars(s) is listed, the better.

" Which one you choose, will matter little, if any, at that rate.

There will be little benefit, or harm, from one to another at this

level of consumption. "

March 4, 2010

Read the article. Just remember Sarah, everyone is entitled to their opinion. I don't have any idea of the statements made were accurate. For instance, there was no mention of amounts. I'm a firm believer in excess of almost anything, isn't good for you. If you enjoy agave, unless a lot more information comes out other than "Jonny's Take", I'd keep using agave. As for internet "specialists", like doctors and nutritionists, I'm always a little skeptical. There's a very popular doctor from the Chicago area who has a massively popular health website. I followed him for a while, and then started reading a lot of things that I felt were awful and wrong. It became very obvious that he was extremely anti-vegetarian, going so far as to write one time that vegetarians are starving

their bodies of nutrition we need and that's why we're so angry. It's us angry vegetarians that blow up buildings in protest. He went on and on. I was like, "This guy is nuts." But, he remains popular to this day.~~Vicky "Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to a man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not to die, so do other creatures."-Dalai Lama of Tibet, His Holiness, The XIV Sarah Tomecek <sarah.tomecek Sent: Wed, March 3, 2010 10:14:05 PM Agave nectar bad?

I found a recent article which claims that agave nectar is in fact worse for you than high fructose corn syrup!! Could this be? If you end up reading the article, let me know what you think. This could make me super sad ;-p. http://www.thatsfit.com/2010/02/15/debunking-the-agave-myth/