agave nectar

aliceclutz90
aliceclutz90 Posts: 151 Member
edited January 21 in Health and Weight Loss
I normally have a tsp of honey in a plain greek or natural yogurt as part of my lunch. I was thinking of replacing this with agave nectar - it seems to have a lot less sugar in it and overall be a lot healthier.

Is there anything bad about this product that I'm not aware of? Do you guys think it would be a good replacement?

Thoughts appreciated :) Thanks

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  • VeganSurfer
    VeganSurfer Posts: 383 Member
    I have it daily, just 1 teaspoon per day in my morning tea, organic agave syrup from Crazy Jacks. As far as I'm aware there is nothing bad about it, as with anything sweet, moderation is key.
  • willdob3
    willdob3 Posts: 640 Member
    Agave nectar is very unhealthy. It is hard on the kidneys or some such thing. Honey is better & even helps the immune system.
  • michelle7673
    michelle7673 Posts: 370 Member
    I think that real "agave nectar" is lower in sugar, but the agave syrup products seem to be as much sugar as honey.
    Raw local honey has tons of health benefits (I'm a hobbyist beekeeper), if you can get it!
  • Cr01502
    Cr01502 Posts: 3,614 Member
    Agave nectar is just clever marketing.

    Stick with the honey.

    It's cheaper.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    Why would you stop using honey? Honey is a superfood.
  • Snoozypaws3000
    Snoozypaws3000 Posts: 133 Member
    I have 4 behives that I tend naturally in my garden so am obviously very biased about the honey that my girls produce but I would say that the health benefits of honey far outweigh Agave and also flavourwise it is far tastier.

    This may be of interest to you

    http://www.benefits-of-honey.com/honey-nutrition.html

    Sky x
  • tekwriter
    tekwriter Posts: 923 Member
    I just researched some of this because I am concerned with all of the chemical in artificial sweeteners and I am a diabetic. I found that agave syrup has the lowest glycemic index at 15, however it also has fructose which may cause blood sugar spikes. Honey also has a lower glycemic index than sugar but not as low as agave syrup. I have both of them along with stevia which is made from the stevia plant. I intend to use the three of them as needed. My goal is to reduce my sugar altogether.
  • aliceclutz90
    aliceclutz90 Posts: 151 Member
    Thanks all, yeah it was because I saw the sugar and GI were low that I considered it.

    I only have 1 tsp of honey a day so after receving everyone's helpful responses I think I might stick with it. I try not to ingest too much sugar generally particularly refined/artificial ones so I think the honey will be ok

    Thank you for your help everybody
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