Is Stevia good or bad for you?

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In a message dated 10/11/2004 7:58:58 PM Central Standard Time,

wingsout@... writes:

Where do you get Stevia and is it pricey?

Any health food store should carry it. It looks pricey but it's really not.

It's something like 300 times sweeter than sugar so a little bit goes a

loooong way.

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Hi,

I was wondering if any knows of any information about Stevia. My

father uses this in his iced tea instead of regular sugar. Does

anyone have any good credible information about stevia good or bad

that they could share with me. I thought somewhere i read that it

messes with your DNA but i dont know if that is true or not. If you

have any idea about stevia I would appreciate your help.

Thank you,

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Check out this link:

http://www.mercola.com/forms/stevia.htm

Kay

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I was wondering if any knows of any information about Stevia. My

father uses this in his iced tea instead of regular sugar. Does

anyone have any good credible information about stevia good or bad

that they could share with me. I thought somewhere i read that it

messes with your DNA but i dont know if that is true or not. If you

have any idea about stevia I would appreciate your help.

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The link that Kay posted is great.

My sis and mom has used stevia for years. There is nothing wrong with using it

at all, it's much better for you than cane sugar. My sister usually didn't buy

the powder because it didn't taste as good as the liquid, but recently she has

bought some powder and this was really good. Since we're talking about this,

what brands of stevia do you guys like?

Donna

Homeschooling mom to 3

Hunter (6), (5), and Abigail (born still 6/12/04, waiting on us to return

HOME)

hjjdherring@...

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Where do you get Stevia and is it pricey?

april

Subject: Re: Is Stevia good or bad for you?

The link that Kay posted is great.

My sis and mom has used stevia for years. There is nothing wrong with using it

at all, it's much better for you than cane sugar. My sister usually didn't buy

the powder because it didn't taste as good as the liquid, but recently she has

bought some powder and this was really good. Since we're talking about this,

what brands of stevia do you guys like?

Donna

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Where do you get Stevia and is it pricey?

Health food store, like someone already mentioned, but I do want to add that

some taste slightly different than others, so if you happen to dislike the first

one that you buy, don't knock them all because it's pretty good. It should tell

you how much to use. If you use too much, it won't taste good.

Donna

Homeschooling mom to 3

Hunter (6), (5), and Abigail (born still 6/12/04, waiting on us to return

HOME)

hjjdherring@...

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We use stevia in our 2 year olds choclate milk and kool aid. We happened to

get a pound of stevia powder extract (which is the white powder instead of

the green powder) off of ebay for $55.00. That sounds like alot but

considering 1 pound of stevia is equivilant to about 300 pounds of sugar it

is a good price. However the company that sold it on ebay no longer does so

The company that sold it is www.herbaladvantage.com and they sell direct.

Stevia is extremly good for you especially if you are diabetic but do not

want to use sweet n low or aspartame (equal, nutrasweet, etc.)

Rena

P.S. Here are some other websites with more information.

www.cookingwithstevia.com

www.stevia.net

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Some have the taste of sweet and low.Yuck. There was a packet(maybe NOW brand)

that I thought was ok.Also,if kept indoors you can grow your own plant.Use it

like you would mint leaves. I know there is a stevia cookbook out. As far as it

being good/bad for you I would say good,but it has been a long time since I

looked at info on it.Perhaps like soy it now had some issues uncovered.

Research,research,research-never ends does it?

Sara

Vaccine injury:http://www.hrsa.gov/osp/vicp/

MGM Bill :http://www.mgmbill.org

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Thanks everyone for your help with my question. I appreciate it.