What is Stevia?

regina2063
regina2063 Posts: 203 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
What is Stevia? Does it have calories? Does it make you lose weight?

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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    Stevia is a plant. In dried, powder form it is like powdered sugar. Very very sweet, but at least it's a plant, not a man-made sweetener.

    Zero cals.

    Google for more info.
  • Skinny_Jeans_Soon
    Skinny_Jeans_Soon Posts: 326 Member
    Stevia is a natural sweetener. I grow it in my garden from a stevia plant, stick the leaves in a dehydrator and then once dry crumble them in an air tight container. I use it to sweeten my coffee and to bake with in place of sugar. You can also buy the processed, bleached version at the store that is white and will dissolve like splenda or equal. IMO it is better for you than those two but everyone has their own opinion. I like it just fine and the price is right (free from my garden) :)
  • AndroidDown
    AndroidDown Posts: 2
    Its a 0 calorie sweetener. I don't think any one thing will make you lose weight, but its an effective substitute to sugar.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevia
  • kiminikimkim
    kiminikimkim Posts: 746 Member
    I found the taste of the Stevia plant strange.

    I like my maple sugar, either in syrup or granulated form.
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