Why I NEVER Use Agave

 


'I’ve noticed that many people use agave in their recipes even though they are Real Foodies. I just think they may not have heard the truth about agave. 

According to Russ Bianchi, executive of a globally recognized food and beverage development company, who lectured about this very subject at the Weston Price Mythbusters conference this past fall, agave is one of the greatest frauds perpetrated on the American people. 

The high levels of synthesized fructose in agave put people at risk for obesity, heart disease, arterial inflammation, high blood pressure and increased insulin resistance.'

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Raw Milk Helps Sick Baby to Thrive

'A remarkable story of how a premature baby with serious health problems and dental deformity was healed by nutrient dense foods and raw milk. This diet is recommended by The Weston A. Price Foundation (WAPF), and John, who tells this story is a volunteer chapter leader for WAPF.'

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Damn your low fat diet: How a reformed vegan gorges on all the foods his granny enjoyed... and has never felt better

 

'My diet was an extreme version of the NHS Eat Well regime, which recommends lots of starchy foods and smaller quantities of saturated fats, cholesterol, sugar and red meat. According to government advice, I was doing everything right - and yet my health had never been worse. My weight had crept up over the years, until in 2008 I was 14½ stone - which is a lot of blubber for someone who is 5ft 10in - and was classified as clinically obese.

I waddled around, sweating and short of breath, battling extremely high cholesterol and suffering from chronic indigestion. I was always tired and needed to take naps every afternoon. I had constant headaches and swallowed paracetamol and sucked Rennies like they were sweets.
 

Worst of all, I had irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which left me feeling as if I had lead weights in my gut. My belly was bloated and distended after every meal. I was, to use a technical term, knackered.' 

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