tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-607730351949527940.post2076313714933007326..comments2022-11-03T09:36:40.426-04:00Comments on Healing Cuisine: Questions Answered: Sugar, Honey, Agave, Stevia - #1Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-607730351949527940.post-60460545091816232502011-02-15T13:17:17.456-05:002011-02-15T13:17:17.456-05:00Instead of brown sugar, I use stevia or xylitol mo...Instead of brown sugar, I use stevia or xylitol most often. If your recipe needs the gooey texture that brown sugar provides, honey is my option of choice, or fruit. I've never used Rapandura because it is high in sugar. You're better off using raw honey for the added health benefits it offers past the sugar content.Healing Cuisine by Elisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08162934107445023688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-607730351949527940.post-40939553558685079892011-02-14T12:06:12.339-05:002011-02-14T12:06:12.339-05:00When something calls for brown sugar, what do you ...When something calls for brown sugar, what do you use instead that's healthy? I've also heard of something from 'The Maker's Diet' book called Rapandura or something like that... What of that?Melaniehttp://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=1334410047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-607730351949527940.post-28001290653917714672010-07-08T21:52:40.841-04:002010-07-08T21:52:40.841-04:00Hi tamadhur! You're right, and from what I...Hi tamadhur! You're right, and from what I've learned, the Agave found in grocery stores and what is mass-sold today is not the sap taken from the traditional Miel De Agave plant but from its root. What is found in the root is a sap which is completely carbohydrates (inulin) and is purely fructose. On the Maximized Living Nutrition Plan (either Core or Advanced) we want to stay away Healing Cuisine by Elisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07169717165496053539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-607730351949527940.post-52431924066430968072010-07-05T15:31:50.838-04:002010-07-05T15:31:50.838-04:00Hi,
There has been a lot of misinformation about a...Hi,<br />There has been a lot of misinformation about agave on the web these days. I'm sorry to say, the quote you mention in your post is one of them. Agave is not a starch processed from the bulb of the agave plant. There is actually sap inside the plant, and if you harvest an agave plant and cut a hole in the bulb, you will see liquid inside. Mexicans used to harvest the agave with a strawtamadhurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929417193144233491noreply@blogger.com