BACK ON TOPIC: Stevia facts please?

[Guest guest]

Back when I was serious macro, my counselor was opposed to stevia and

other sweeteners on the grounds that the sweet taste on the tongue

sets up the body for a sweetener hitting the stomach. To set up the

digestion for a sugar and not supply was, in the long run, not any

more healthful than actually eating a sweetener, or so he said.

A corollary to this line of 'fooling the body' is that stevia is not

a foodstuff that my european body evolved with. That being the case,

it seems to me that it lacks the value of a traditional food.

I'm just putting this stuff out there. I've missed what the big deal

is with Stevia. Are the body ecology people recommending it as a

NUTRIENT? Or is it simply a sweetner that people are allowed?

As a grower I know how thorough the attempts have been to keep this

plant a 'secret' in this country. If you can get the seed, you can

grow your own. You can grow stevia the look like shrubs in a few

months time and they take well to being in pots indoors!

thanks

-Allan