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 …

The headlines that were supposed to shock the health food eating public: “Organic food ‘no healthier than conventional”.  These were the results of a review of 50 years of research findings by researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. (click here for more on the study) This is similar to saying that a review of years of research shows that clean drinking water doesn’t do any better job of hydrating you than polluted water. 
 
Taking a narrow view of health benefits and then saying that the research proves that these foods are …