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Subject: Stevia Makes Sweet Progress with FDA Approval
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:17:40 -0800
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Good news for diabetics and others who need to cut down on empty  
calories.

Live long and prosper,
Kennita




http://www.care2.com/greenliving/stevia-makes-sweet-progress-with-fda-approval.html

I love tea. And I love a little something sweet in it. Yet I have  
learned that it's better to avoid too much sugar. Not so much for the  
fear of gaining weight (not exactly my problem) but because sugar  
tends to feed the wrong kind of processes in our body. So I was happy  
that, quite a few years ago, I found stevia. Stevia is a plant from  
the Amazone with very sweet leaves. Stevia is much sweeter than sugar,  
yet it has no calories or any of the other bad effects that sugar has.  
Stevia is available in drops and as a powder. You can get it in  
natural food stores as a supplement. Yes, stevia is not supposed to be  
an alternative for sugar. It can only be sold as a supplement. At  
least that was the case until the Food and Drug Administration  
approved stevia for use as an alternative sweetener in food just a few  
days ago.

This is a very important breakthrough. Lots of people use "light”  
versions of all kinds of food products. These products are sweetened  
with artificial sweeteners like aspartame. These artificial sweeteners  
have been suspect. Some studies seem to indicate that they are  
carcinogenic. Others suggest that they support rather than fight  
obesity. Although science may not have given the final verdict on  
these artificial sweeteners yet, there are good reasons to avoid these  
as much as possible.

All major food companies are familiar with the possibilities of  
stevia. However until the recent FDA decision the manufacturers of  
artificial sweeteners have been successful in blocking the entry of  
stevia to the sweetener market. They have used a lot of money and bad  
science to prevent the entry of stevia, which-as a plant-contrary to  
the artificial sweeteners cannot be patented.

So the new year begins with some sweet progress. Look at the label of  
your light soft drink in the months ahead. And, in the mean time, do  
buy some drops to sweeten your tea. Highly recommended.

Jurriaan Kamp is the founder and editor of Ode Magazine, the magazine  
for intelligent optimists.___
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