Comments on: Pie Crusts :: Asian Pickling Cultures :: GERD :: Artifical Sweeterners http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/blog/articles/pie-crusts-asian-pickling-cultures-gerd-artifical-sweeterners Wisdom to thrive by Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:58:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Anna Rossinoff http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/blog/articles/pie-crusts-asian-pickling-cultures-gerd-artifical-sweeterners#comment-9696 Anna Rossinoff Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:02:26 +0000 http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/blog/articles/pie-crusts-asian-pickling-cultures-gerd-artifical-sweeterners#comment-9696 Hello Sally, Thank you for your thorough answer about alcohol/ artificial sweeteners! I also wondered about agave nectar and fructose. I have read that agave nectar is good because it is low on the hypo-glycemic index... but then I have also read that it is not a whole food because it is a concentrated sweetener? But so is maple syrup? I have also read that its high level of fructose makes agave a less healthy choice. What is your opinion of Agave nectar? If fructose is so bad for our liver, etc., is fruit bad for us because of its fructose content? Does fructose contribute to weight gain more than glucose? Thank you! Anna Hello Sally,

Thank you for your thorough answer about alcohol/ artificial sweeteners! I also wondered about agave nectar and fructose. I have read that agave nectar is good because it is low on the hypo-glycemic index… but then I have also read that it is not a whole food because it is a concentrated sweetener? But so is maple syrup? I have also read that its high level of fructose makes agave a less healthy choice. What is your opinion of Agave nectar? If fructose is so bad for our liver, etc., is fruit bad for us because of its fructose content? Does fructose contribute to weight gain more than glucose?

Thank you!

Anna

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