Thursday, February 26, 2009

Stevia...the natural sweetner(2)

.. Stevia leaves contain a lot of nutrients as chromium,selenium,zinc,manganese,
magnesium and vitamin B3.The extract of stevia(steviosides)is high in antioxidants that prevent DNA damage.
Stevia has 3 forms:1-Dried crushed leaves,sold in tea bag like packets.
2-Concentrated powderthe green powder is the crushed stevia leaves,
the white powder is the extract of stevia.The powder form is suitable to sweeten food and beverages.
3-Cncentrated liquid in color,it is 70 times sweetner than sugar;
it is used to sweeten tea and coffee.
STEVIA IS ALL NATURAL,SAFE AND HAS NO HARMFUL SIDE EFFECTS.Stevia gained the FDA approval as afood additive.It isn't recommended that pregnant or breast feeding women use stevia
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 14, 2009 at 3:51 AM

    My mom tried this in her coffee and didn't like it. She said it left an awful after taste in her mouth. I had to throw the box away.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 18, 2009 at 2:17 AM

    Stevia's taste is different from product to another according to its quality,some people needs a time to get used to its taste.

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