Originally Posted by
wolfchild
Agave nectar is about 98% fructose and it's no different then drinking pure HFCS. Agave nectar is pure garbage, and it costs 5 times as much as other types of sugar. You're paying all that extra money to destroy your health and screw up your metabolism...You don't need fructose, what you need is glucose. You need to get the bulk of your carbs from starches instead of sugars, real food is a lot better and healthier.
HFCS is about 50% fructose so Agave nectar is not really close to HFCS.
Drinking glucose and fructose while riding is not going to mess up your metabolism and you can ingest a higher number of calories per hour if you combine glucose and fructose vs glucose alone.