Guest guest Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 Can Stevia be used for baking and cooking? I can't use Splenda, as it makes me quite ill. I don't really know much about Stevia other than it is being used to sweeten drinks, which I never have done anyway. Janice in Denver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 I agree.......Splenda made me DREADFULLY ill.........and aspartame is out of the question as well, so I use Nu Naturals White Stevia powder (available at health food stores) and it is the best tasting one I have ever found. Janice in Denver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 what is the cost comparisons between the two of them. splenda verses stevia sandy mason -- Re: Stevia I agree.......Splenda made me DREADFULLY ill.........and aspartame is out of the question as well, so I use Nu Naturals White Stevia powder (available at health food stores) and it is the best tasting one I have ever found.Janice in Denver Reminder: The South Beach Diet is not low-carb. Nor is it low-fat. The South Beach Diet teaches you to rely on the right carbs and the right fats-the good ones-and enables you to live quite happily without the bad carbs and bad fats. For more on this WOE please read "The South Beach Diet" by Arthur Agatston, MD. ISBN 1-57954-814-8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 > Hi guys, > > I use stevia as a sweetner (too many bad articles > about aspartame and now info about Splenda... > > Carol L. But stevia is not necessarily safe either - natural does not always equal safe. Here is a page on the Center for Science in the Public Interest's website on stevia. Apparently stevia can cause reproductive problems, may possibly be carcinogenic, and can interfere with carb absorption. Here is the article: http://www.cspinet.org/nah/4_00/stevia.html According to this article, not only is stevia not FDA-approved in the U.S., it is also not approved in Canada nor the E.U. for adding to food products. There is also a link at the bottom of the article taking you to more information, including a link to the abstract of one of the toxicity studies. And there is a handy page on the same site regarding food additives (where they say Splenda is safe and be careful with aspartame): http://www.cspinet.org/reports/chemcuisine.htm B. Still looking for the info on chloro-whatevers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 Hi, Stevia is not safer at all. I´ve had my master degree in medicinal plants and I know it is a huge mistake to consider natural as healthy. We must remember marijuana is natural, opium is natural, poison of hemlock is natural... It goes over and over... Brazilian laws are different but I know there are many medicinal plants sold in USA that are not FDA registered as drugs, but as food supplement. That is a different class of registry and it would cause major health problems. From what I know, aspartame is better than Stevia. It is used for a longer time and we can find too many papers about it. None of them proves that aspartame is unhealthy,unlike saccharin and cyclamat (?). I dont read enough about Sucralose to talk about it. I have a cousin who had thyreoid cancer and she was treated in USA. Doctor's advice was to use aspartame, instead of saccharin, and any other sweeteners. Renata > > > Hi guys, > > > > I use stevia as a sweetner (too many bad articles > > about aspartame and now info about Splenda... > > > > Carol L. > > > But stevia is not necessarily safe either - natural does not always > equal safe. Here is a page on the Center for Science in the Public > Interest's website on stevia. Apparently stevia can cause > reproductive problems, may possibly be carcinogenic, and can > interfere with carb absorption. Here is the article: > > http://www.cspinet.org/nah/4_00/stevia.html > > According to this article, not only is stevia not FDA- approved in the > U.S., it is also not approved in Canada nor the E.U. for adding to > food products. There is also a link at the bottom of the article > taking you to more information, including a link to the abstract of > one of the toxicity studies. > > > And there is a handy page on the same site regarding food additives > (where they say Splenda is safe and be careful with aspartame): > > http://www.cspinet.org/reports/chemcuisine.htm > > > B. > Still looking for the info on chloro-whatevers... > > > > Reminder: The South Beach Diet is not low-carb. Nor is it low-fat. The South > Beach Diet teaches you to rely on the right carbs and the right fats-the good > ones-and enables you to live quite happily without the bad carbs and bad fats. > > For more on this WOE please read " The South Beach Diet " by Arthur Agatston, MD. > ISBN 1-57954-814-8 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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