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A "Bitter" Sweet Surprise

Have you seen the new advertising blitz (“The Sweet Surprise Campaign”) undertaken by the Corn Refiners Association (sugar pushers) claiming that high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is “natural” and “the same as sugar?”  They claim that HFCS has been unduly vilified and that it is handled in the body no differently than regular sugar.  Although [...]

The Agave “Hype”

I think Agave is a lot of hype.  It is a very sweet, naturally derived semi-liquid sweetener – hence agave “nectar” that is marketed as a “healthy, natural sweetener.”  Relative to cane sugar and honey it is higher in fructose which gives it a more potent sweetness and gives rise to less precipitous [...]