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Stevia???

Emaginesc
Emaginesc Posts: 49 Member
edited January 7 in Food and Nutrition
I am having no issue with the water drinking amounts. I grew up on water, tea and milk. Never had a soda and so forth. But everynow and then I love Limeaid. I make it from the juice of 7 limes, some stevia and water. I feel that craving coming. Can someone tell me the effects of Stevia when trying to lose weight? I am very sensitive to change and carbs (good or bad). I swear I can look a brown rice and gain 3 pounds lol.

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  • TachaB
    TachaB Posts: 16 Member
    Dr. Oz discussed artificial sweeteners on his show a few days ago. Based on that show and what I've read about sucralose, I switched to stevia. :happy: Here's the link to his article...

    http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/artificial-sweeteners-reduce-replace-and-renew

    I hope it helps. :smile:
  • Improvised
    Improvised Posts: 925 Member
    It seemed to be fine for me. I use it to sweeten my herbal tea and oatmeal.
  • possibri
    possibri Posts: 158 Member
    Better than other sweeteners, approved for diabetics... I love it. =]
  • littlelaura
    littlelaura Posts: 1,028 Member
    I use it in tea, coffee, and oatmeal.
  • hofdog
    hofdog Posts: 269 Member
    I use Stevia all the time, I have even grown it in the garden.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    Just log the calories, which in this case are near zero.
  • luvs2read1979
    luvs2read1979 Posts: 113 Member
    I have a good friend who has some health issues and Stevia is the only sweetener her physician recommends. She purchases hers from GNC.

    I was following the Amino Diet a couple of months ago, and they suggest using the SweetLeaf stevia as it doesn't have any type of sugar alcohols. The kind you buy in the store supposedly has other ingredients which pretty much affect your body like real sugar does.

    I've used Splenda for a while and it breaks my heart that it isn't as good for me as I thought. :sad: And I'm not wild about the taste of stevia...just takes a little getting used to.
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    Love pure stevia. It has near-zero cals.

    Be careful of commercial preparations like Truvia if you're sensitive to carbs. It's made with a sugar-alcohol, erithrytol (sp?).
  • Emaginesc
    Emaginesc Posts: 49 Member
    Awesome. You all just made life a little easier.
  • LesaDave
    LesaDave Posts: 1,480 Member
    I eat Stevia straight from the garden as well as use the natural stevia that I buy from the health food store.
  • Missjulesdid
    Missjulesdid Posts: 1,444 Member
    Stevia takes some getting used to with the weird after taste...but it sure beats artificial sweeteners!
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    I also like stevia. I get sweet leaf in Vanilla Creme and English Toffee. There are more flavors as well.
  • angieleighbyrd
    angieleighbyrd Posts: 989 Member
    I have between 5-6 packets of stevia a day. I've been fine so far.
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    I also like stevia. I get sweet leaf in Vanilla Creme and English Toffee. There are more flavors as well.

    Are they the liquid drops?
  • cjsacto
    cjsacto Posts: 1,421 Member
    I am puzzled by the stevia craze. I tried it a few times and it tasted as bad as Nutrasweet to me. I haven't heard anything about it being unhealthy, though, except when mixed with other things.

    I like brown sugar, raw honey, or real maple syrup in small quantities. I saw the Dr. Oz special as well and he mentioned molasses as being pretty good for you. A lot of people have starting using agave, I've never had that. I don't use much sweetener, so one teaspoon of brown sugar or honey a day, either in oatmeal, a smoothie, or tea, whatever, isn't a big deal to me and it tastes great. I just count the calories (not that many).
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    I eat Stevia straight from the garden as well as use the natural stevia that I buy from the health food store.

    Same here! Love throwing the fresh stevia leaves with some fresh mint into a coffee cup and having a nice hot calorie free sweet drink sometimes.
  • junerbooner
    junerbooner Posts: 188 Member
    I have use it since June 1, 2012 and have lost 66 pounds since then. It helps and is better for you than artificial sugars. I found out about it from Beyond Diet.com by Isabel De Los Rios. It is really sweet and too much taste bitter. I like and use it. FYI: Isabel is a nutritionist and here is her web site: IsabelDeLosRios@beyonddiet.com.
  • etoiles_argentees
    etoiles_argentees Posts: 2,827 Member
    Rebiana?
    The FDA “No Questions” letter states that Rebiana contains residues of ethanol and methanol. Rebiana is commonly confused with Rebaudioside-A (Reb-A). Reb-A is one of the 11 glycoside compounds naturally within the stevia leaf.

    Truvia is Coke's new sweetener, PureVia is Pepsi's. And "natural flavors?
    We all know what that is.
    I'll stick with real sugar in very small doses.
  • gingerveg
    gingerveg Posts: 748 Member
    I've been using it for a long time (about 15 years) with no adverse reaction. But like everything, I'm sure some people are sensitive to it.
  • MaggieSporleder
    MaggieSporleder Posts: 428 Member
    Stevia is natural. Simply because of that I use it. I would love to have the actual herb to use, but I have a black thumb killing everything I touch. :)
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    I also like stevia. I get sweet leaf in Vanilla Creme and English Toffee. There are more flavors as well.

    Are they the liquid drops?

    Yes
  • ChristineDiet
    ChristineDiet Posts: 719 Member
    Ok you may think I'm a total ***** - wtf, but my friend told me once (who;s a nurse) not to ever have sweetner cos of cancer causing agents - so i don't! go natural and limit it!

    My opinion.com. x
  • leanveins
    leanveins Posts: 53 Member
    I use Stevia all the time, I have even grown it in the garden.


    I grew it my garden this year too. How did you process it?
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    I use Stevia all the time, I have even grown it in the garden.


    I grew it my garden this year too. How did you process it?

    Not sure about the above poster but I dried mine in the sun for about 8 hours then ground it in a spice/coffee grinder. You can use vodka or water to make a liquid from it but I've not done it yet.
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