FDA Approves Two New Stevia-Based Sweeteners

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Don Fletcher — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:15:04 GMT

Surely of all the things the FDA has approved there must be something of value. And we must be able to find things they have denied approval that should have been denied. They are not consistently wrong.

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annkees1 — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:08:06 GMT

I eat mostly organic foods with nothing from a box or bag (processed) and use honey to sweeten my green organic tea. When Truvia became available several months ago, I researched it online and it appeared to be natural. I began using 4 packets a day in my tea and began to feel ill after about a month although it slowly appeared and was not an immediate reaction. I became very lethargic, depressed, and my chronic pain condition from two severe auto accidents increased four fold over this period of time. I seriously considered applying for disability, i felt so ill. Then I thought about the one thing that i had changed in my life and it was using Truvia. By the end of the first day not using the Truvia, I was hugely improved and within 2 days back to normal! This is shocking! I have used Stevia but found it bitter so did not use it regularly, however, I never had any reaction to the natural form. I don't know if i am alone in this reaction but even if this product effects 1% of the population, it is totally unacceptable. I plan on filing a concern with the FDA as I have no doubts that Truvia was the cause of my illness. It was very

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lyngfam — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:19:29 GMT

We as a society are so lucky to have so much information at our fingertips that we can make better choices for ourselves, our kids, and our families. Thank you Dr. Mercola for researching this and other issues and for having a blog for us to coberate with others to make sense of all the info our there.

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health_seeker_nyc — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:19:52 GMT

ditto--i don't doubt that, as someone says, truvia has msg--but a source, please. a link, something. thanks. i don't trust cargill or any major corporation either. stevia remains too expensive for the truly poor, whereas aspartame costs maybe $2 for a box of 50 or 100 packets.

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Jen47 — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:23:20 GMT

Found article: google, "list ingredients in truvia"

altmedicine.about.com/.../erythritol.htm

veddy interesting! indeed

I didn't see msg in there anywhere

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Swiftchariot — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:37:23 GMT

Watch out for the Steviaintheraw product. It contains Dextrose. Gee, isn't that one of the highly refined sugars were were trying to avoid...? Tricky tricky. For us low carb lovers their product is 5? carbs/packet vs. SteviaLeaf's O carbs/packet.

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Booner — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:01:55 GMT

I am afraid that if the usual pattern of FDA behavior continues, then the other shoe will be dropping soon. They will eliminate the competition to "TRUVIA" by finding a reason to ban the use of Stevia in the US just like they have done with anything that competes with corporate profits. It's time to stock up.

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ajberg51 — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:22:59 GMT

A comment on the stevia artical. I know that according to findings.There is a lot of diabeties in the family. Stevia is suppose to cause problems with low blood pressure ,high sodium in the urin. I have been using stevia for over two years and my check up for sugar in my blood was under 100, my blood pressure was 122/70 cholestrol was under 200 , other things in the check up were very good according to my Doctor. I use it in my tea mostly. I have less cravings for sugar . The fact is over the holidays I ate less sugar candies and pastries and I credit this to Stevia. I would encourage people to use the steavia instead of the other sugar products. I do believe it would help the cravings of sugar. Go figure FDA.

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kurt_nielsen — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:36:20 GMT

Your not crazy, it is part of the "Plausible Denial" Game of the FDA. When the FDA gets in trouble for passing too many bad things (killer medication, fluoride in your water, additives, mercury in foods etc) and the public is outraged they have to balance it out to make them seem like they are on your side.

So by adding some good things (or things that look safe) to the market they deny that they are not doing bad things to us on purpose and can show a list of "good things" to get themselves out of trouble.

I first learned about "Plausible Denial" from "The Disclosure Project" org I highly recommend anyone to learn what is going on at the highest of levels.

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CrowSnake — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:15:01 GMT

our natures panrty sells the dried plant ground into tea size peices, So here in KC Mo. we can get it in bulk bags, and it is not that expensive. I put it in a steeper ball and add it to my evening tea without as much cost as the liquid or powder. But it is still too expensive for me to afford to use it in my every day drinking tea. I drink a gallon of green tea a day, mixed with some herbal kind of tea or other depending my mood. I just can not drink water much. I use sweet-n-low. It is the least bad of the artifical sweetners.

If they do not want too much for this new sweetner I will try it out. Dr. Mercola once had an artical on the pink stuff and he said it was not likely to cause cancer, and not as bad for you as the blue or yellow stuff. If they want too much for it, then I will wait and see how it effects other people, and wait for the price to go down. The worst thing about pink stuff is that is has nutritive sweeteners mixed in it. I have not been able to find it without that. But it has never made me sick. I get sicker from wheat which makes my joints ache bad. I feel like a teen again, (no much better then I did then) just getting off wheat. So much energy and so much better moods.

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cromba — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:55:39 GMT

Can someone please comment on HOW to use the whole plant? I am currently growing about 50 Stevia plants and I had thought about harvesting the leaves and drying them...then perhaps steeping them in with my tea ball....but how does one make use of the "whole plant" as Mercola suggests? I plan to save the plant seeds and let my freinds and family have them...but I would like to be more knowledgeable on how to process the plant for mazimum use. Any help will be appreciated!

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dee beatty — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:49:45 GMT

Many years ago Saccharin was tested on lab rats. They used Massive Doses on the rats overwhelming their systems; therefore, the rats developed high rates of stomach cancers.

I'd like to know if there is any research presented later that shows danger from saccharin, because that's what I use based on the above information.

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curious7 — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:39:45 GMT

Well just in case you thought we were going to get this sweetener in it's pure form, Industry has other plans. Of course they had to add to it a great deal of Industry garbage, so that they could put a patent on this sweetner. Get the real thing, and trust nothing else. Once Industry gets hold of anything, it is dangerous. Next they will put a patent on AIR.

In case you did not hear, Nutra Sweet, filed for bankruptcy. SWEET.

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czvitek — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:43:24 GMT

I personally like Stevia packets without the fiber contents and the other stuff they add to it. I think it is more healthier and it makes it tastes better. I noticed that the aftertaste wasn't as bad as the ones with other ingredients.

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Mercola_Fan — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:33:05 GMT

Truvia has MSG in it. End of story!