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Originally Posted by ken0042
octothorp- can you give us some more info? Like where you get the agave nectar, and where you got the soda recipies?
I have recently cut out high fructose corn syrop from my diet; and if I can take a step that is even more healthy- so much the better.
As for artificial sweeteners, my body doesn't react well to any of them. When I asked my doctor if it was some sort of allergic reaction that could be controlled, he basically told me it was a good thing my body is reacting this way. He said his bet is that within 20 years these sweeteners will be pulled from the markets due to the long term effects to our bodies.
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I get agave syrup at Planet Organic near Market Mall; I think most health food stores have it. I've only tried the 'raw' variety, there are a few different types of it with different amounts of processing, although in all cases the processing is a relatively minimal, low-temperature process. I honestly am not super-informed on the chemistry behind it, but I definitely notice the lack of a sugar rush and find the taste quite pleasant.
I've gotten most of my soda recipes from this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Homemade-Soda-.../dp/1603427961
Some of the recipes are pretty high in sugar, but I find myself using the syrups at a far weaker ratio than what the book typically recommends.
The other store that I find indispensable is Silk Road Spice Merchants in Inglewood, where I can get a lot of the hard-to-find ingredients like Licorice Root and Sarsparilla.
Right now I've got a delicious birch beer soda syrup in my fridge, and another recent favorite I've done is an ancho chile soda.