Stevia & Yerba Mate; herbs of the future

In the last decade America has become aware of the present crisis in significant sugar and caffeine consumption. There are so many sweeteners added to today's foods, and only because food companies are competing to have the sweetest and best tasting foods on the market. Caffeine is another substance, which has been embraced by the beverage companies, that is very unhealthy for the body if taken in large increments. This predicament has been brought up …

…States as a sweetener, even if it means that the big bad sugar and artificial sweetener companies go bankrupt. The government speaks of wanting to find ways to improve American eating habits, but when two life- saving herbs are suggested they turn their heads. There is huge potential in the stevia and Yerba Mate` market if only the United States government would stop contradicting themselves and make it easier for companies to access these herbs.