Artificial Sweetners

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 …

…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/