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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 01:49 PM Original message |
Blue Agave as a sweetener: article claims just as dangerous as High Fructose Corn Syrup! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Where is the scientific study |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. You mean besides the last forty years of millions of people consuming it safely? |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. That is not a scientific study. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Last time I provided you with scientific studies, you ignored it handily. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 03:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Bullshit. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 03:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Brilliant scientific reply there! |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Oh, right, that's what you're on about. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 03:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. So you still assert there's no link between processed foods and cancer? |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Delete. Wrong place. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. No. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 05:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Talk about strawmen. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 06:25 PM Response to Reply #39 |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 06:28 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. There is no link between HFCS and cancer. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 06:32 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Dang, so you are not accepting the appeal to authority from a poster on the internet? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #43 |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Post the actual article and I can tell you why I disagree with it. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 06:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. My dad could beat up your dad. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 05:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. But my dad's a super ultrademiologist. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 06:28 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Do you always get this sarcastic when you're proven to be wrong? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 06:49 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Prove me wrong and we'll see what happens. |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. I don't consider myself a woo woo |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. They usually don't. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. Um, wrong - stevia. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Same here... |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 04:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. We just hang dry it and mostly use it in tea. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
51. We've been drying it as well. |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Yup! You got me there, Stevia does seem to do what it claims |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. is it easy to grow? |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. It grows like a weed in the summer months, but doesn't survive the winter. |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 06:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. very tender plant |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:05 PM Response to Reply #36 |
49. and bitter |
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negativenihil (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. so really... |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 01:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. the moral of the story is for us all to eat less sweetened crapola |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 01:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. there's a time and a place to spike insulin |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. exactly! Fruit is sweet enough. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Sweets in moderation are not a problem |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 07:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
52. Bingo! n/t |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
8. I want to rave about it. I never get the sugar shakes since using it and I went cold |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 10:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
55. +1. We have a bakery here in town that only uses agave |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
13. You can have my Splenda when you pry it from my cold dead fingers |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. Stevia, Xylitol, Erythritol are sugars that do not spike insulin level. Raw agave syrup processed at |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 06:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
41. I've noticed a wide price difference between brands of agave nectar. |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
50. Stevia is not a sugar... Technically it's a glycoside. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 08:57 AM Response to Reply #15 |
53. Anything ending in -tol is a sugar alcohol |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
24. The number of elementary errors in the article is astounding |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. It's NaturalNews. |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #24 |
56. NaturalNews is your one-stop shop for all your anti-science "health" needs! |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
32. levulose is l-fructose |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
33. Please... Please don't use the Blue Agave plant for anything other than Tequila! |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
37. What a load of horseshit. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
54. Nonsense. I'm violently hypoglycemic and agave doesn't effect my blood sugar at all |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. It's good for your blood sugar levels |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
57. Hey, I agree with the Tequila guy. I'd hate to see a shortage of Margaritas because the agave plant |
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diamidue (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
58. I've been reading this too. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
59. I'm beginning to think linking to NaturalNews |
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