Question:
Has anyone experienced dumping with Stevia?

Stevia is the "natural, zero calorie sweetner".    — KEDIA (posted on March 6, 2009)


March 6, 2009
"With its extracts having up to 300 times the sweetness of sugar, stevia has garnered attention with the rise in demand for low-carbohydrate, low-sugar food alternatives. Medical research has also shown possible benefits of stevia in treating obesity and high blood pressure. Because stevia has a negligible effect on blood glucose, it is attractive as a natural sweetener to people on carbohydrate-controlled diets." (and diabetics) That taken from Wikipedia... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevia I LOVE IT!!! I actually grow it organically in my herb gardens. I crumble or mottle the leaves for teas and water with lemon...It is VERY sweet with a slight bitter taste in it's natural plant form. It's weird because the sweet does not register as soon as it hits your tongue and then WHAM! LOL a super sweetness floods your mouth, but it doesn't taste like sugar..It's just "sweet" if that makes sense! It's really nice....The powders and drops are usually bitter free and say so on the package. They say that chewing on the leaves or using the plants "water" also prevents cavities as it is antimicrobial, antibacterial, antiviral, and antiyeast. "A water extracted stevia (also)showed it prevented dental cavities by inhibiting the bacteria Streptococcus mutans which stimulates plaque formation"...They are making toothpaste with it now as well! Coco-cola is the company that is now introducing it to the mainstream rather than to just health food addicts like myself who shop in weird little markets and stores... I have been waiting years for it to explode on the market and it's finally coming! YAY! NO...no dumping at all and I dump on artifical sugars and sugar alcohols as well as real sugar and milk sugar(lactose)...
   — .Anita R.




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