Re: stevia - ne--flax seed oil in cream drink

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I agree with you that Stevia has a distinct taste, although since we

have (out of necessity) cut out real sugar from our own diets, I

think our taste buds are willing to accept just about anything--ha.

And now, flax seed oil. How's that for a jump? But since you appear

to be a night owl like myself--wondering if you use this. We use an

organic cold pressed flax seed oil that we use exclusively to bump up

the fat content of 's meals by adding it directly to her cream

with a drop or two of Stevia and Bickford's chocolate flavor--the

nutty flavor of the flax oil makes the whole drink taste kinda like a

chocolate malt--we entice by calling it her " Scooby Shake " .

I'm a bit relieved she's accepting it as it has the essential fatty

acids in it. And on another tanget, also tried adding the Bickford

orange flavor in lieu of the chocolate flavor to give her an orange

cream soda (she doesn't like carbonated drinks, so diet orange soda

is out for us)--tasted good to me--haven't tried it with flax oil

added yet though.

Hope all is going well in your household. is still seizure

free and we're down 2 depakote pills! A third scheduled to be

dropped on Monday--here's hoping!

ne

> I was using stevia for a while, after 2 false starts that is - on

my first

> attempt I found out the powder I bought contained maltodextrin, 2nd

attempt

> was the liquid with the grapefruit seed extract, 3rd time lucky was

the pure

> powdered form.

> wasn't really having that much food variety back then

though, so

> there wasn't much need for any sweetner in his meals. Then I tried

a few

> commercial diet type foods that he seemed fine with early this yr,

and then

> moved onto what we use now in all his meals, which is Sucrayl.

(liquid

> saccharin)

> Unlike you, I did find the stevia had an aftertaste, especially

after

> baking, however I am such a shocking cook that I couldn't be 100%

sure that

> the culprit was indeed the stevia

> He might be tolerating various kinds of sweentner now because he

is more

> stable overall I think - the powdered stevia with the maltodextrin

in for

> instance 2 1/2 yrs ago, brought on an isolated breakthrough

daytime drop

> attack about 2 hrs after having it. Threw that one out the window

very

> quickly.....

> Yet quite a few foods I have given him lately have had

maltodextrin in

> (and aspartame) and I have seen no adverse reactions at all.

> I am concious that neuro-toxic problems with them can build over

time

> though, esp the aspartame, so I try and limit it when I can, it is

mainly

> with his drinks I am fairly liberal, as pushing fluids with him has

always

> been a biggie for us, and needs must basically.

> If he were to start having any breakthroughs of any kind that I

couldn't

> pin down to anything else, the sweeteners would be the first thing

to go,

> and I'll dust off the stevia sitting in the pantry and restart with

that

> again

>

>

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: " smclague "

>

>

> > ,

> > Thanks for the info--I have the KAL Brand " Pure Stevia Extract

> > Liquid " which lists other ingredients as Kosher Vegetable

Glycerin

> > (60%) and water. We checked with our dietician as well who

gave it

> > the clear. Also purchased the liquid to avoid any carb issues.

> > Hoping we are on the right track. Do you use stevia as well?

If

> > not, what do you use?

> >

> > ne