Sugar

So ... I've been reading a little bit from health articles and magazines about different sweetners, including sugar substitutes. The pink stuff, the blue stuff ... even the yellow stuff (Splenda) ... really gone through so much chemical changes that they're pretty bad for you. I've tried all three at one time or another. The yellow stuff touts itself as "natural" and "made from sugar" ... tastes nothing like sugar. I mean, even through they said it tastes like the real thing ... trust me, it's nothing like it.

I've also tried other "natural alternatives", including Stevia - a natural leaf from the stevia plant that tastes sweet. That leaves a funny aftertaste in my mouth.

So far, honey and maple sugar seemed to be the only thing that's acceptable to my taste buds, but both of them, especially honey, has such a distinctive taste that it doesn't always work with everything ...

Until I recently came across Agave Nectar. This stuff is great. Tastes like sugar, has the consistency of thin honey. According to most of the articles I've managed to find, this stuff is mostly fructose and glucose with a low glycemic index. This means that our body can metabolize it much faster than regular sugar so it doesn't just sit in our blood stream or get stored as fat in our body. Better for those with diabetes too.

They sell this stuff at the health food stores. Check it out!