Nutrition is important
Agave nectar has been touted as a revolutionary sweetener because it has a lower glycemic index than that of sugar. It also tastes sweeter, about 1.5 times sweeter actually. As soon as something new comes out people don't even stop and think about the claim, but rather believe it as fact. I am guilty of this flaw to an extent, and have a bottle of this 'alternative' sweetener in my cabinet right now.
I realize that if you must use a sweetener, then whats the big deal about choosing sugar or agave because they are both bad for you? And the point I want to make is that added up throughout your life time, the small choices you make on the daily will have an impact that you do not see in the short term. Added up, all the 'right' small choices you made could mean the difference between you being able to walk to the store when you're 85 or only being able to ride there in you wheel chair.
Not so Sweet after all