The unfortunate truth about agave “nectar”.  Agave nectar has been presented to the unsuspecting public as a natural alternative to other sugars that is better for you than regular sugar.  The claims are that it is natural, organic, raw, diabetic-friendly, etc…  The truth is that it is very similar to the villainous high fructose corn syrup.  In fact agave “nectar” and HFCS “are indeed made the same way, using a highly chemical process with genetically modified enzymes. They also use caustic acids, clarifiers, filtration chemicals and so forth in the …

Well put Dr. Mercola
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