Agave Nectar Has Been Discontinued on Diabetic Patients Due to Severe Side Effects

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Permalink Reply by Rawzilla on October 30, 2009 at 1:07pm

Thanks, Curtis. I'm going to pass this on to friends who have been asking about this as a substitute for sugar.

It's only stevia for me!

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Permalink Reply by Kait on October 30, 2009 at 1:23pm

The low-glycemic claim is total bs. It's hard to imagine how the industry has been getting away with it for so long. I can eat a half pound of dates and be fine, but a glass of agave lemonade gives me the shakes. One of my fave desserts just switched the dates in it's product line for agave, and the same thing happened.

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Permalink Reply by Erin on October 30, 2009 at 1:28pm

I used to get hypoglycemic reactions to agave that I didn't get to other sweet things, so I've suspected that the claims of being low glycemic weren't true.

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Permalink Reply by Jasmine.green on October 30, 2009 at 1:34pm

I know, it was like they just threw in the claim for marketing purposes. I treated agave like liquid sugar.

Anyone know of a good (liquid) stevia? Mine has grapefruit seed extract - boo.

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Permalink Reply by Erin on October 30, 2009 at 1:41pm

I've been using this one:
http://www.vitacost.com/Wisdom-Natural-Sweet-Leaf-Whole-Leaf-Stevia...

It's unrefined and not quite as intense tasting as the clear kind (which is nice since I'm still not a huge stevia fan).

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Permalink Reply by Jasmine.green on October 30, 2009 at 2:54pm

I have tried stevia I powdered myself from dried leaves, bulk green stevia, powdered white stevia, liquid stevia concentrate, liquid clear stevia and flavored liquid stevia and wasn't happy with any of them. The stevia concentrate you linked to though Erin is way cheaper and I need some vitacost milk thistle anyway =)

Wouldn't mind a xylitol-stevia blend. Strange but my body now minds those less than fruit or honey -- maybe 'cause I consume so much less.

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Permalink Reply by Rawzilla on October 30, 2009 at 1:48pm

I like these:

Stevita (this one is my favorite: very potent and granulized like sugar):
http://www.vitacost.com/Stevita-Spoonable-Stevia?csrc=GPF-617928000014

and the whole Sweet Leaf line, because they come in mini-packets and bottles for traveling, but also because they come in fun flavors (e.g., rasberry chocolate, vanilla cream, root beer, English toffee, etc.)
http://www.vitacost.com/Wisdom-Natural-Sweet-Leaf?csrc=PPCADWLT-swe...|pcrid|4470556871

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Permalink Reply by Saz on October 30, 2009 at 2:48pm

That's nifty, how do you use it?

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Permalink Reply by Rawzilla on October 30, 2009 at 2:54pm

I like the flavored ones with plain or sparkling water, or flavored or unflavored with a twist of lemon or lime in water. I also love to add it to my quinoa or millet (vanilla, cinnamon, and sea salt too). Also it tastes good in teas. Today I have been drinking fresh ginger tea; I add the stevia to the ginger water, and it's a delicious, warming treat.

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Permalink Reply by Robt Williams on October 30, 2009 at 1:57pm

Maybe low integrity companies should stop branding High Fructose Corn Syrup as Agave? Use real raw agave nectar only, and you will not have any type of reaction.

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Permalink Reply by Mariam on October 30, 2009 at 2:13pm

Real raw agave becomes tequila. Agave the sweetner is cooked to prevent it from turning into tequila.

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Permalink Reply by Curtis L. Duncan on October 30, 2009 at 4:43pm

The problem with agave is not whether it is raw or not. It is the concentration of fructose which is way higher than high fructose corn syrup. High fructose corn syrup usually contains 55 percent fructose whereas agave contains 90 percent! That is way too way and fructose (not fruit) has been shown to cause type 2 diabetes, liver disease, high blood pressure, and heart disease. Fructose sweeteners like agave also make you FAT too and the higher concentration, the worse. That is why our children are getting so fat because of their increased consumption of fructose based sweeteners. All of the science documents the dangers of concentrated fructose sweeteners.

You can get more information from a video I did on the topic below:

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