Comments on: FDA: No Objection to Stevia (At Last)

By: iamthatiam

iamthatiam — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:52:02 +0000

I have been using stevia for over 10 years. PURE STEVIA, no maltodextrose, glycose, sugars– by any other name, sugar is sugar, you can call it evaporated cane juice, organic sugar….. But when it comes to stevia in the pure form, it is the ONLY sweetener that does not affect diabetics glycemic index. And, that is just now coming out. I am EXREMELY disappointed in the so called stevia sweetners, truvia, and purevia— READ THE LABEL, maltodextrin! What is the point of using stevia if you are going to add sugar products to it…. it seems defeating to add sugar, to an already natural product that is 300 x sweeter than sugar! As a food addict, and having a diabetic spouse, I caution EVERYONE to please read the label, pure stevia is the best sweetner out there and it doesn’t cause cravings for me, a change in my blood sugar level. Be wary of the imposters that are coming out when it comes to stevia, IT IS INTENDED to be used INSTEAD OF sugar, or why bother with it all?

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By: taulandi

taulandi — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:07:43 +0000

What is stevia in fact?

It is a natural non caloric sweetener. In fact it’s a small green plant, which grows in Paraguay. Its leaves have a delicious and refreshing taste 10-15 times sweeter than table sugar. Meanwhile the stevia extracts (steviosides) have 200-300 times the sweetness of table sugar.

Source: http://www.all-about-beating-diabetes.com/diabetes-and-stevia.html

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:59:01 +0000

Coke and Pepsi are not the first to be brilliant enough to make a Stevia sweetened soda. A Seattle based company named Zevia, http://www.zevia.com, beat them to it. Zevia started in 2007 marketing their diet soda’s as “carbonated stevia supplement.” There are four delicious flavors including cola, lemon-lime, orange and root beer, all sweetened with stevia. No matter what Coke and Pepsi do, they will never come up with a soda that is completely all natural.

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By: alba

alba — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:58:53 +0000

Stevia is a natural non caloric sweetener. In fact it’s a small green plant, which grows in Paraguay. Its leaves have a delicious and refreshing taste 10-15 times sweeter than table sugar

By: Lyme Disease Educator

Lyme Disease Educator — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:13:41 +0000

I’m a huge fan of Stevia and have been using it for over 2 years now in place of sugar. We have also written extensively about using Stevia on our Lyme disease information website. I’m really glad to see this new classification by the FDA.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:34:18 +0000

I bought Stevia sweetener packets years ago at Trader Joe’s, before my dx, so I thought Stevia had been out there for awhile. My problem with the packets was the bitter aftertaste. I drink Diet Coke but I use regular sugar in coffee and everything else, and just bolus for it.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:21:47 +0000

This is what bugs me, too… Truvia is not natural… they’ve added sugar alcohols and “natural flavors” whatever that means. They claim the sugar alcohol is “natural”, but so’s high fructose corn syrup! I’ll stick with my pure stevia powder… from the actual plant and not messed-around-with. I steer way clear of sugar alcohols – yech!

I should have known to doubt the big cola companies on this one.
Sorry to be so cynical.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:32:53 +0000

I noticed that both truvia and PureVia enhance the stevia with sugar alcohols; therefore, they are not carbohydrate free nor without the possibility of digestive side effects. For 2 grams of sugar alcohol carbohydrate it will require insulin to cover at least one gram of carbohydrate. One will still need to limit the amount of this sweetener.