Catching up - love honey, need to eat it more often- I have clovern tupelo and wildflower. Sad to admit that I all too often let it crystallize. I love honey on waffles.

I thought agave was low glycemic.

I had golden syrup for the first time at Plei's house, and it was delicious. Agave, too, I think.

I am so excited for Grace's outing! I love her lack of enthusiasm for the apple. Hee! Yay for Gracie opinions!

Opinions are one of the things that I have always YAY'ed about Gracie. I'm so glad she's gotten stronger and stronger and better able to impose them on the world!

I thought agave was low glycemic.

It's certainly marketed that way.

Okay, two loads of laundry in, and that's all the detergent I have. So I can cross that off my list for now. I'll leave cutting my hair until laundry's done.

That archer story about the two-finger salute isn't true, apparently. I just heard about that on the radio recently! But they referred to Snopes. Maybe here: [link]

For dinner, I had chicken with mango and lime, roasted sweet potatoes, brussels sprouts, and a delicious cranberry ginger trifle for dessert. Thanks, mom!

Not a problem with gylcemic index perse, but rather the same problem you have with high fructrose corn syrup:

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The basic problem with high fructose corn syrup is the fructose itself. The body processes fructose more slowly than regular table sugar.

In the liver, the body turns fructose into fat rather than burning it for energy. Flavin comments, "And so you start developing what they call fatty liver. Now fatty liver can start also changing into a less effective liver that's not functioning properly."

A fatty liver encourages weight gain. In addition, Flavin says fructose compounds obesity by increasing hunger, "So you do eat more. And then you have a greater appetite because your body's saying, 'I haven't had enough.' And your body is being fooled by a whole chemical imbalance."

Sinatra, the cardiologist, says in that same process, insulin, the body's sugar manager goes haywire, "High fructose corn syrup is very sweet. It elicits an insulin response, and remember insulin is the number one risk factor for cardiovascular disease."

Agave syrup, like High Fructose Corn Syrup is high fructose. So it has a lower glycemic index but has both short and long term effects that are a risk factor for diabetes, obesity and other problems. Unlike HFCS mercury and weird enzymes are not required for productions, but still not best thing in the world for you.

Hmm, lemme see what I mean. Oh, wait, xpost w/ Typo.

Anyway, what I was trying to say was that it tastes unexpectedly sweet. Like, it tastes much sweeter than an equivalent amount of syrup or sugar.

Like, it tastes much sweeter than an equivalent amount of syrup or sugar.

Yes--that's a factor in substitution.

My dinner was out at local Italian joint. Chicken Francese-- love the sauce and may need to play w/ a variation for myself.