Indians in Paraguay chewed the leaves of the stevia plant to prevent pregnancy. In 1970, a book proposed that it could be added to the food supply for population control. The Internet is silent.
I buy dried whole stevia leaves, and use them to sweeten my oat straw and dried nettles infusions.
It only takes two leaves to sweeten one quart of boiled water over the course of a 12-hour infusion. I would not use extracts, or any stevia (or monk fruit) products mixed with other ingredients.
I can see how eating several commercial products with adulterated stevia added could be problematic. You did a fine job with this topic.
Good article and great digging. I remember first hearing about Stevia and was told it wasn’t approved here because it would give competition to Nutrasweet 🤔. Now it’s everywhere “and sooo wonderful”.
And they wonder why male testosterone levels are lower overall…here’s another cause!!
That was a very interesting read.. I especially enjoyed the dry humor. Thanks for the info and all the work you did putting it together. I’ve always hated the stuff. So I’m safe from that but I do use a different poison of choice..
Thank you - I never liked the taste of it and I’m forwarding your ‘stack to many. Would appreciate any additional comments you may have on monk fruit and/or Erythritol sweeteners.
My main problem with things like erhthritol, monk fruit, allulose is that it messes up your body's hormonal signally to taste something sweet and not have the accompanying calories that your brain expects. This signals your body to eat more later. I explain more in this post: How Zero Calorie Sweeteners Can Sabotage Your Success
I avoid all the non nutritive sweeteners all together, even things like allulose. It messes with your metabolism to taste a sweet taste and not have calories included with that taste. The sweet taste itself causes weight gain. Numerous studies demonstrate this. I'd rather people retrain their taste buds to delight in savory tastes and then have only small amounts of real sugar or honey on special occasions or perhaps a small bit once a day after dinner (small piece of dark chocolate.) I explain more in this post: https://fastwell.substack.com/p/how-zero-calorie-sweeteners-can-sabotage
Aaaaaand that’s why I quit diet everything.
Ugh I never have liked it. Great article!
I can't stand the flavor either!
I buy dried whole stevia leaves, and use them to sweeten my oat straw and dried nettles infusions.
It only takes two leaves to sweeten one quart of boiled water over the course of a 12-hour infusion. I would not use extracts, or any stevia (or monk fruit) products mixed with other ingredients.
I can see how eating several commercial products with adulterated stevia added could be problematic. You did a fine job with this topic.
Good article and great digging. I remember first hearing about Stevia and was told it wasn’t approved here because it would give competition to Nutrasweet 🤔. Now it’s everywhere “and sooo wonderful”.
And they wonder why male testosterone levels are lower overall…here’s another cause!!
That was a very interesting read.. I especially enjoyed the dry humor. Thanks for the info and all the work you did putting it together. I’ve always hated the stuff. So I’m safe from that but I do use a different poison of choice..
Thank you - I never liked the taste of it and I’m forwarding your ‘stack to many. Would appreciate any additional comments you may have on monk fruit and/or Erythritol sweeteners.
My main problem with things like erhthritol, monk fruit, allulose is that it messes up your body's hormonal signally to taste something sweet and not have the accompanying calories that your brain expects. This signals your body to eat more later. I explain more in this post: How Zero Calorie Sweeteners Can Sabotage Your Success
https://fastwell.substack.com/p/how-zero-calorie-sweeteners-can-sabotage?utm_source=publication-search
Do you have a sweetener that you use, or do you avoid them altogether?
I avoid all the non nutritive sweeteners all together, even things like allulose. It messes with your metabolism to taste a sweet taste and not have calories included with that taste. The sweet taste itself causes weight gain. Numerous studies demonstrate this. I'd rather people retrain their taste buds to delight in savory tastes and then have only small amounts of real sugar or honey on special occasions or perhaps a small bit once a day after dinner (small piece of dark chocolate.) I explain more in this post: https://fastwell.substack.com/p/how-zero-calorie-sweeteners-can-sabotage