SWEETENERS STEVIA For hundreds of years, people in Paraguay and Brazil have used a sweet leaf to sweeten bitter herbal teas including mate. For nearly 20 years, Japanese consumers by the millions have used extracts of the same plant as a safe, natural, non-caloric sweetener. The plant is stevia, formally known as Stevia rebaudiana, and today it is under wholesale attack by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Stevia is a fairly unassuming perennial shrub …showed first 75 words of 2341 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2341 total…but is broken down by an enzyme in the bowel. Fructose sugar looks identical to common white sugar, but is significantly sweeter. It is a safer sugar to use for diabetics, hyperglycemic and hypoglycemic. Fructose is certainly more desirable than common sugar, but is still void of nutrients. SOURCES: 1.http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov 2.http://chemfinder.cambridgesoft.com/ 3.http://www.dntchemicals.com 4.http://www.ccrhq.org/ 5.http://www.chemres.hu/ 6.http://www.genome.ad.jp/