Agave Nectar
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Tamara Z.
If you're looking for a vegan alternative to honey, try agave nectar. Agave nectar is from the pulp of the agave cactus plant. And, FINALLY, Trader Joe's is carrying it. In the not-too-distant past, it was difficult to find vegan staples at Trader Joe's but they're coming around. It's about time.Thanks for reading.Tamara ZumMallen
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Raw Agave?
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Dhrumil Purohit
Looks like the raw-food community is up to some agave muckraking. Via: 'From SAD To RAW':"Agave Nectar is a natural sweetener taken from the Agave cactus plant. There are many different opinions on whether Agave Nectar is truly raw or not. Therefore, I've contacted several of the companies that produce or distribute the Agave Nectar and asked them ...
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Agave or Aloe?
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Sue S.
When is an Aloe not an Aloe? When it's an American Aloe, or Agave.Agavesand Aloes certainly look similar, but despite the fact that Agave americana is often called by the misleading name of American Aloe, the two plants are not actually closely related. The agaves are native to Mexico and the southern states of the US and come from the Agavaceae fa ...
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Agave and Marketing
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Dhrumil Purohit
This article by Dr Mercola, Agave: A Triumph of Marketing over Truth, is certainly worth a read.What have your experiences with agave been?Personally, I've made an active effort to minimize the amount of agave I consume. About 2 years ago I started to notice that I got really "flemmy" in my throat after I had a smoothie or tea with agave ...
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Raw Agave Nectar
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Dhrumil Purohit
[Note the pricing information from this blog post has been removed. Please contact Madhava directly about retail pricing] There has been some talk about Madhava not being 100% raw, but We Like IT Raw has spoke with the President of Madhava on several occasions and we are confident that their raw agave is indeed raw.Know of any other good agave dea ...
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Agave - not a health food!
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Bueller K.
I’ve been wondering about this for awhile, whether Agave is actually good for you. I had read it wasn’t because of it’s high fructose make up but then I read that was all false. Now after reading Dr. Mercola’s post on agave syrup I am going to ween myself off of it for sure.Here’s a portion of the article which you can ...
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POTENTIAL DANGERS OF AGAVE
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Judy B.
“Agave provokes bitter debate as a sweetener,” reads the headline in the March 23rd Chicago Tribune: www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-0323deardorffmar23,1,7478086.story . The story raises questions about the safely of the trendy, expensive, liquid sugar made from the Mexican agave cactus. Agave nectar is being marketed as a healthful, all-natura ...
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The Agave Nectar Police
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Deb S.
I'm taking a very brief break from writing a final paper due on Monday to update Altered Plates with a rant yet again about all the misinformation on agave nectar out there on the Web. This stuff whips me up into a frenzy for a variety of reasons, but I'll get to that later. There's another article out on the Web that talks about agave nectar bein ...
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A Bittersweet Goodbye to Agave
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Dawn Gifford aka Small Footprint Mama2 Comments
When we moved to Southern California from Washington, D.C. this year, we discovered agave syrup. I was excited because I wrestle with blood sugar irregularities, and agave is often touted for its low glycemic index—meaning that it is relatively low in glucose, and therefore does not raise blood sugar as much as other types of sugar or provoke ...
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Why Agave Nectar?
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Deb S.
Over the past two years, I've been cooking and baking with agave nectar, experimenting with ways to replace all other sweeteners in my diet. I had tried stevia, but really didn't like the flavor at all. Then, there was honey, but it had such a huge affect on my system that I couldn't tolerate much of it at all. Honey almost instantly causes my body ...
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