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Interesting article on agave nectar
http://www.westonaprice.org/Agave-Nectar-Worse-Than-We-Thought.html
I signed up for the Fresh (a movie along the lines of Food Inc.) facebook page and they linked to this article today about agave nectar not being so great after all. Has anyone heard this before? Is the Weston A. Price foundation reputable?
Tired after a long morning of hiking and swimming.
Re: Interesting article on agave nectar
Oh jeez, I give up! I don't like sweet stuff that much anyhow.
i sometimes feel like "non-green" people are always getting the last laugh. we are trying to make healthy choices and when you think you are it turns out to be for naught. glad i got the smallest bottle of agave nectar i could find and when it is done i will stick to my organic maple syrup.
thanks for the info.
ugh, I'm with Ali, I'm ready to give up
And the part about how bees are fed high-fructose corn syrup, holy crap! What genius thought that was a good idea? The jar of honey I have is local and claims to be from bees fed from clover (same company/farm sells honey from other plant sources). Gah, I hope that at least means those bees were only fed clover and not clover and HFCS.
That sucks. I have an unopened bottle that I need find a use for now.
Regarding the bees in a PP, I am disappointed, but not surprised by this. We keep bees and do give them "food" to supplement their honey, especially since we have a new hive. We make a simple syrup of water and sugar, but I imagine it's cheaper and easier for some beekeepers to use HFCS. I have no evidence, but I would think this is not as bad as eating the HFSC yourself since they bees are still converting it into honey. Besides, who knows what else the bees are exposed to. You can't control where a bee flies, so it's likely they are getting nectar from some flowers that have been sprayed with chemicals.
I don't like to use regular sugar because its so processed, and the processing pollutes a lot.
And even if eating honey from bees fed HFCS is just the same, I don't want to support the HFCS industry!!
I am really glad I don't like sweets much.
Hmmm... interesting cindy! I'll have to look into this agave nectar situation more. Sheesh...why does it have to be so complicated!
How strange, the site Weston Price hosts their articles on says their account is suspended. I found a lot of other articles on agave nectar but they all referred to this one.
I sent an email to Madhava (who I buy Agave Nectar from) asking for a response on the issue.