Thoughts on stevia?
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I love Stevia, I use it in my green tea.0
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Tastes awful.
Not magically better for you, or a better option than something like Sucralose.0 -
Never use it, and have no plans to, and haven't ever made use of artificial sweeteners either. Our sugar bowl typically is refilled once a year and it's mostly guests that use it. Baking: we use the real thing - sugar / honey / fruit / whatever.
I didn't find cutting sweets was that difficult for me once I made a concious decision to do so, and after dropping 78 pounds and getting very fit I'm no longer pre-diabetic and have completely normal function.
I used to load up my coffee with sugar (it was very bad office coffee) and recognized at some point that practice just wasn't good for me so I cut both coffee and sugar out completely and later adopted the practice of having just one good coffee in the morning. Cutting out the daily mega doses of sugary coffee had a good side effect: my desire for other sweet things dropped too.
My concern -- for me -- would be that using stevia or artificial sweeteners on a regular basis would once again stimulate increased desire for other sweet things that do contain real sugars and would again tempt me to ignore portion control.
I'm not missing out on anything. A really good cup of coffee to me tastes far better unadulterated now and now I can have sweet things in moderation without being tempted to binge as I once would have. No money spent on non-sugar sweeteners. Win-win.
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AngelaBianco82 wrote: »Just want some opinions if its good or bad for you
Neither. It's just an alternative sweetener....which I love and use every single day.
However, sometimes I will use plain old sugar, agave nectar, or Splenda. It's all about mood for me.0 -
Tastes bad. It's probably no better or worse than any other artificial sweetener. I prefer granulated Spenda myself for my coffee, on grapefruit, in some recipes.0
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I use Stevia in The Raw and love it. I used to take my coffee with three sugars in the morning. Now I'm down to just one Stevia packet. Yes, the taste is different than sugar, but I've gotten used to it now and it's totally fine. I'd rather save the calories from regular sugar for something else in the course of my day.
It seems that Stevia is one of those love-it-or-hate it things. I wonder if it's like cilantro in that it affects people's taste buds differently. I absolutely love cilantro, but a lot of people claim it tastes like soap!
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/14/dining/14curious.html?_r=00 -
And stevia - just like regular cane sugar - is a plant-based naturally-derived product. Sugar cane is naturally sweet, as it the stevia leaf.
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Not all brands are equal. Stevia is great, but try to get the stuff that is actually called stevia, and not that truvia nonsense.0
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I like Stevia, but I question if "natural" really makes it safe. Has it been tested enough or 20 years from now will they discover its a carcinogen.... ?0
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I have used the Sweetleaf Clear liquid stevia. Initially I thought it tasted a bit bitter but then realized I was using too much (mainly just in my morning coffee). I now just use 2 drops in my coffee and it is fine without the bitterness. my checking on many of the generics out there is that a lot of the stevia is processed. I stay with the sweetleaf clear liquid which is in a pure form without added ingredients.0
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jocooper43016 wrote: »I like Stevia, but I question if "natural" really makes it safe. Has it been tested enough or 20 years from now will they discover its a carcinogen.... ?
I'm fairly sure that FDA testing includes animal studies, which would have told us if it were a carcinogen. It isn't.0 -
It good for you, natural, and doesn't have any of the issues associated with some artificial sweeteners. I really like the taste. Just don't use too much...you only need a TINY bit. One little bottle lasts for ages.0
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MarziPanda95 wrote: »jocooper43016 wrote: »I like Stevia, but I question if "natural" really makes it safe. Has it been tested enough or 20 years from now will they discover its a carcinogen.... ?
I'm fairly sure that FDA testing includes animal studies, which would have told us if it were a carcinogen. It isn't.
Yes, but they also approved aspartame which is now what everyone is suddenly trying to avoid.0 -
I wish I liked stevia, but it tastes disgusting to me. Ive tried liquid and powdered types, but it's always bitter.
I just use Sugar Twin, haha.0 -
I don't buy into stevia and Splenda fear mongering
I use small amounts on occasion
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questionfear wrote: »I think it's probably fine, but fwiw I saw on an allergy forum that someone with a very severe ragweed allergy had an allergic reaction to stevia since they're in the same family. But from what I read it's a very, very rare situation.
Interesting. I react to apples and I think it's because of a birch allergy. I've been wanting to try them again after a few years of allergy shots, but it's scary.0
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