Re[2]: --S-A-- Question regarding alternative sweetners

[Guest guest]

Thanks to the FDA and the lobbyists for the sugar industry, Stevia is not

allowed as a food additive, so no rootbeer or pepsi unless you want to make

it yourself. I would like to see the research about stevia evening out the

blood sugar. Every report I have seen says it has no effect. It is useful

for diabetics, yes because of its Non-effect. The whole herb does have a

constituent that kills the bacteria which causes plaque on our teeth, I doubt

that this exists in the extracts.

We are quite fortunate that we are allowed access to stevia as a food

" supplement " It was banned for 4 yrs, 2 yrs longer than the law says they

have to prove its harmful or give it back to us. During those 4 yrs you

could still buy the dried herb from certain places, but it contained a warning

label " not for internal use " I found that rather amusing.

 

zoe

 

Thursday, March 22, 2007, 2:53:07 AM, you wrote:

I doubt it. Stevia evens out blood sugar, whether it's high or low. There are

diabetics who have gotten off insulin shots within two weeks by encapsulating

the herb and taking them for as little as two weeks. It also kills tartar on

teeth according to Japanese tests. What more could we want? Perhaps we simply

get hungry?