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I use agave syrup in place of sugar or honey most of the time. It looks like honey with a bit more viscosity. It is a product of the agave plant from the southwestern regions. Being sweeter than honey or sugar, a recipe requires less, thus cutting back on the carbs. Diabetics and athletes love it because it has a low glycemic index and does not cause spikes in the blood sugar. The natives of the southwest say it removes “sludge” from the brain caused by contaminants such as food preservatives and coffee, causing one to be more cheery and intelligent. 

From the Madhava Honey agave page: “The raw agave juice is regularly harvested from living plants by Indian peoples native to central Mexico. To do so, they must slice off the top of the plant and hollow out its core. Then the plant is capped with a stone. The pineapple shaped agave plant secretes its nectar into the center of the plant, rather than into flowers like most plants do. It collects in the hollow center for several days, after which the milky white “juice” is removed by ladle, one plant at a time. In a way it is similar to tapping a tree for maple syrup collection.”