The holiday season always makes it painfully clear just how much sugar we as a society consume. Even things that sound like they’d otherwise be healthy, like the butternut squash casserole I made for Thanksgiving, where the recipe called for a whole cup of white sugar and a whole cup of brown sugar. Yikes!
So we tend to hone in on any new information on substitute sweeteners that are palatable and supposedly healthy. A lot…
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By
AmyT on
January 6, 2009
An entirely different sort of update on FDA actions today: did anyone take notice that the FDA recently issued a “no objection” letter regarding stevia-based sweeteners? This is a an historic move because for many years, the FDA has fought against the US use of stevia, an herb-based sweetener (sugar substitute) “that does not adversely affect blood sugar levels — a boon for diabetics and hypoglycemics!”
Stevia had the misfortune of being relegated to the…
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