Guest guest Posted March 6, 2003 Report Share Posted March 6, 2003 I use stevia daily.. what are the dangers?? ----- Original Message ----- From: " Judith Alta " <jaltak@...> < > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 9:26 AM Subject: " Dangers " of Stevia > It will not surprise me if we start seeing lots of comments on how > " dangerous " stevia is. It is the prime competitor to artificial sweeteners > and the big guns will not go down without spreading a huge amount of > misinformation. > > Judith Alta > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2003 Report Share Posted March 6, 2003 I have heard that any kind of artificial sweetener fools the pancreas into creating a boost of insulin, thus, causing even more sugar cravings................... ----- Original Message ----- From: " Evely " <je@...> < > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 10:11 AM Subject: Re: " Dangers " of Stevia > I use stevia daily.. what are the dangers?? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: " Judith Alta " <jaltak@...> > < > > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 9:26 AM > Subject: " Dangers " of Stevia > > > > It will not surprise me if we start seeing lots of comments on how > > " dangerous " stevia is. It is the prime competitor to artificial > sweeteners > > and the big guns will not go down without spreading a huge amount of > > misinformation. > > > > Judith Alta > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2003 Report Share Posted March 6, 2003 Hi , I have heard this too. It's hard to know what to do when you get conflicting information too. I often go over to Medline to look, and I enjoy reading up on studies in India on spices, for example So, this is what I found on the subject on Medline (National Library of Medicine) From a study in Denmark http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi? cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_uids=11924770 & dopt=Abstract " In conclusion, stevioside exerts antihyperglycaemic, insulinotropic, and glucagonostatic actions in the type 2 diabetic GK rat, and may have the potential of becoming a new antidiabetic drug for use in type 2 diabetes. " And another http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi? cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_uids=10690946 & dopt=Abstract My impression is that stevia may not be a problem, but each person would have to make their own decision though. I'm sitting here having my morning cup of fresh ginger tea with a little stevia in it. It's good enough that I probably don't need stevia, but still trying to wean myself from sweets, sigh... Laurie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2003 Report Share Posted March 7, 2003 The " dangers " will be created by the makers of aspartame and other artificial sweeteners in an attempt to keep people from finding out there really are no dangers. Judith Alta -----Original Message----- From: Evely [mailto:je@...] I use stevia daily.. what are the dangers?? ----- Original Message ----- From: " Judith Alta " <jaltak@...> < > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 9:26 AM Subject: " Dangers " of Stevia > It will not surprise me if we start seeing lots of comments on how > " dangerous " stevia is. It is the prime competitor to artificial sweeteners > and the big guns will not go down without spreading a huge amount of > misinformation. > > Judith Alta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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