Thoughts on stevia?
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"Stevia Leaf extract" is a compound called rebaudioside, which is chemically extracted and synthesized in the lab. It is no closer to the stevia plant than sucralose is to sugar cane or aspartame to fruit peels.
I don't really care about the Chemikillz, but people who do are kidding themselves if they think any form of stevia except for the plant leaf itself (which tastes rather like black jellybeans) is actually "natural."0
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