http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/02/agave-nectar-in-your-tea/ A Heaping Helping of Food News, Science and Culture Fri, 24 May 2013 17:26:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/02/agave-nectar-in-your-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-15502 Phil Mon, 03 Sep 2012 19:02:27 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=4544#comment-15502 Anything refined/processed is going to be worse than the purest form. Even the regular table sugar minus the refining and processing will be healthier. When you refine/process the sugar.. it becomes extremely acidic and has a much worse effect on the body's glucose levels. Absolutely stay away from artificial sweeteners.. because they are pure chemicals. To be honest pure green leaf Stevia is the best sweetener I know of. Don't get the white powder or Truvia though.. they are counter productive. But honestly I think agave isnt so bad either its definitely better than refined table sugar. And I often switch between it and Stevia with the occasional coconut sugar. All in all the if your diet is balanced out (alkaline to acidic ratio) than overall you will be healthy and have no problems. Balancing your diet is key! Anything refined/processed is going to be worse than the purest form. Even the regular table sugar minus the refining and processing will be healthier. When you refine/process the sugar.. it becomes extremely acidic and has a much worse effect on the body’s glucose levels. Absolutely stay away from artificial sweeteners.. because they are pure chemicals. To be honest pure green leaf Stevia is the best sweetener I know of. Don’t get the white powder or Truvia though.. they are counter productive. But honestly I think agave isnt so bad either its definitely better than refined table sugar. And I often switch between it and Stevia with the occasional coconut sugar. All in all the if your diet is balanced out (alkaline to acidic ratio) than overall you will be healthy and have no problems. Balancing your diet is key!

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/02/agave-nectar-in-your-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-1636 E Bryson Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:47:16 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=4544#comment-1636 This is an interesting, different way of looking at using agave nectar as an alternate sweetener, which I have recently begun. While “a sugar is a sugar is a sugar”, the way the human body processes the various sources of sugar differs. This still seems like a way to sweeten food preferable to refined/simple sugar. Not everyone can or wants to go totally sugar free. It's nice to have options. This is an interesting, different way of looking at using agave nectar as an alternate sweetener, which I have recently begun. While “a sugar is a sugar is a sugar”, the way the human body processes the various sources of sugar differs. This still seems like a way to sweeten food preferable to refined/simple sugar. Not everyone can or wants to go totally sugar free. It’s nice to have options.

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