"W. Baker" wrote in message
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Nick Cramer wrote:
: wrote:
: Nick Cramer wrote:
: FBG 93. Had four rashers of bacon and three Carbquik? pancakes.
Agave
: nectar hasn't arrived yet, so I made a 'syrup' by melting some
butter
: and adding enough Splenda? to make it sweet enough. One hour PP BG
112.
: Two hour 116. Adequate. ;-)

: Uh, nope.
:
: You really must know the one hour number to know if it was a disaster
or
: not.

: One hour number, shown above, was 112.

: If you want REALLY good syrup, buy a sugar free one from the
: supermarket, and order some natural maple extract from online if you
: can't find it in the store. Adding some maple extract to sf maple
syrup
: makes it taste much more like the real thing.
:
: I don't think agave is going to give you good results, it's loaded
with
: carbs.

: 1 Tbs of agave contains 16 gms of carbs. GI 32.

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whaa do ou thing 1 Tbs of sugar has? Acording to my Atkins carb counter,
1 tsp is 4.3 carbs, so I guess 1 Tbs would be 3 times tht, or 15 carb
grams.

Agave nectar is purported to be better for diabetics because of the GI
thing. I have not noticed that to be true in my case, but then the same
holds true for the GI of most all foods. The only reason I use it is that I
bought it for some raw recipes as some of it is considered raw. Having said
that, I have only used it maybe 3 or 4 times since I bought the stuff about
a year ago. And I used a very tiny amount (2 squirts at most) for the
entire recipe. I would NEVER use it as a syrup to put *on* something and I
don't think that is the intent of it. It is meant to be used as a sugar
substitute.