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While it's true that fructose doesn't imediately become blood sugar like glucose does, that doesn't mean it's better for you than glucose. The amount of fructose in most fruits is fine for the body to handle. Easy. But the amount of fructose in agave is very high (at more than 90%) and the liver has no choice but to turn it straight into fat and send it out as free triglycrides into your bloodstream, making agave a worse risk for heart disease than even regular sugar.

In addition, it circumvents your appetite regulation system leaving you unsatisfied and craving more sugar throughout the day.
New eveidence is even implying that cancer cells readily use fructose to proliferate.

I.E. it's starting to look like fructose (and therefore agave) is even worse for you than regular sugar. Start learning to love stevia and learning which sugar alcohols work best with your system if you have to eat sweet things. For instance, powdered erithritol is becoming more readily available for baking and it's fine for your blood sugar, doesn't get turned into fat and is even good for your teeth.