The Zero-Calorie Sweetener Stevia Arrives

Who do you trust?

After learning how nutra sweet got on the market, and I did a lot of research! How do you trust the FDA? Artificial Sweetners have been linked to more than 90 illnesses and side effects. It WAS proven before it was put on the market it did cause cancer, but do to politics it still made it on the market? I don't wont to consume something else just to find out I need to de-tox from it too!

Stevia

How about just growing the herb yourself ?

Stevia

How does Stevia rate in the use for diabetic diets? I grow the plant with my herbs and have been using caution until I know for sure. Thanks

GOVT, CORRUPTION

NOW THAT GEORGE W BUSH AND HIS GANG OF QUEER THIEVES ARE OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE THIS TYPE OF THING MIGHT GET BETTER

Tragedy For For All

All stevia products not equal

Adam, your article is misleading. Stevia under the Sweetleaf brand is extract from the stevia plant and purely natural and safe. It has been used in it's native Paraquay for thousands of years. The products made by the Big Corporations are chemical imposters and another attempt by the Global Elite to poison and control us. Wake up world! The Creator gave us this beautiful planet to feed us. Corporations and the Government... it's not nice to fool Mother Nature.

Dean of VA

I agree with Dean. Not all Stevia products are equal. Even Stivia in the raw has an additional ingredient, but very minuscule.It is dextrose, made from corn which as explained in its web site, is used to separate it more easily for distribution. See Stiviaintheraw.com.

In any other case, Stivia is far safer than most of the sugar sweeteners out today in any of its forms. I highly recommend that people do not consume High fructose corn syrup (HFCS)products, aspartame, or use Equal or Splenda. The long term use of these products can be harmful. Additionally HFCS tricks the body by storing the sugars, ruining the liver, and causes you to crave even more. I have found that the less you eat, the less you want.

Also the FDA is never to be trusted. It is all about the money, and they don't care if you get sick, because it just gives doctors and pharmacists business. Unfortunately that is how it seems to be these days. Money is truly the "root of all evil". Especially when people get sick and die so that someone can get paid well for it.

Folks, be aware about what you eat and drink. Read the labels and ingredients. Basically, if you don't know what it is, don't consume it.

BTW- soda was meant to be a casual drink for pleasure. Not for every other hour, on a daily basis thing. Switch to tea. It is healthier for you,full of antioxidants,and you get to choose what kind of sweeter to use as well !

Good health to all !

Diet Cokes

I had heard that Coke was coming out with a Diet Coke w/Stevia in 2009. Is this true? I haven't seen or heard anymore about it. If so, please let me know.

Thanks

Teresa

corruption causing the block of Stevia

STEVIA is awesome!! I am a 65 year old grandma in Alabama.My grandson-when he was 7 years old, use to pull the leaves off my stevia plants that I got from Walmart Garden shop. He would chew the leaves for the taste,then split out the used leaves.

I have used STEVIA(pure)for years, but I got it from the Health food stores. WALMART SOLD IT TEMPORILY,BUT THEY DON'T NOW BECAUSE OF THE FDA, THE FDA IS ON THE TAKE!! There were pay offs starting years back. There was an article on the internet years ago, Naming Names-HIGH GOVERNMENT OFFICALS- because of pay-offs to keep the damage done by ASPARTANE from getting out.

Through the FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT it was brought out that NUTURA SWEET was KEEPING STEVIA OFF THE MARKET-- saying it was dangerous, AN OUTRIGHT LIE!! A Scientist was murdered to keep information about the danger of this aweful Aspartane from being exposed-- THe test monkeys DIED!!!!!

Factions of the FDA, as with some other government agencies can be corrupt, unless light is exposed on them.

THEY WORK FOR US!! Sound the alarm AND MAKE THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE.

I have friends that got CANCER , because of ASPARTANE.and all these blood alcohol stuff an be crap to, some are better than others.WE DESERVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO STEVIA (THE PURE STUFF) THOUGH OUR LOCAL GROCERY STORES. Let your voice be heard!

Stevia

I've been using Stevia for at least 20 years to sweeten beverages and home made baked goods. I swear by it, but only use natural Stevia extracts and whole leaf products. While I look forward to a time when it replaces aspartame, Splenda, and other such artificial ingredients, which I refuse to consume, in diet products, I will be skeptical and avoid partaking until and unless the Stevia used is not processed too far from its natural state and other less desirable ingredients have not been added.

I do find it a bit ironic that the FDA has thus far refused to approve the addition of natural Stevia to our food products, but has had no problem approving unlimited use of aspartame and sucralose, both totally artificial products of questionable safety, in a wide variety of our foods.

Gum in Stevia Sweetner in Sugar Free and Sugar Less

Could Stevia and SuperVia be put into Orbits and Tridents Eclipse and Dentynes Juicy Fruits and DoubleMints Freedents and Strides Extras Regular Spearmint and Ice Breakers stuff like that plus acefulame xylitol sorbitol corn syrup mannitol soy lecithin and lecithin succarose glucose and that is what I need instead of the aspartame?

Stevia Sweetners

I live in the UK. Here Stevia sweetners have not been approved by the relevant food agency and are therefore banned 'for human consumption' - but Stevia powder can be bought and used unofficially as suger substitutes - it's all a bit 'ify'. My wife, who has 'systemmic candidiasis', an illness not recognised by UK conventional medical doctors, has been buying Stevia tablets and Sweetleaf liquid online from Wisdom Herbs and Wisdom Natural Brands of the USA for several years now (10?) to put in tea and coffee drinks. She seemingly has no problems using stevia but who'se to say, her health problems are so numerous that it would be impossible to say whether or not any one can be attributed to the Stevia. At least we know she is not taking refined suger or chemical sweetners! It's costing us a lot of money of course with shipping and customs duty!