Stevia is a sweetener and sugar substitute extracted from
the leaves of Stevia rebaudiana. Stevia comes from South America. There are more than 200 species of
stevia. This species comes
from Paraguay. It is used mainly as the sweetener,
antiseptic in medicine, in the cosmetics industry, and as the spice. In the
early 1970s, sweeteners such as cyclamate and saccharin were gradually
decreased or removed from Coca-Cola. Stevia is a valuable source of minerals such as calcium, potassium, magnesium, manganese,
zinc, cobalt, silicon, chromium, iron
and selenium as well as vitamins such as vitamin C and a variety of B vitamins. Also it consists of valuable vegetable protein and fatty substances. This plant can be grown from
seed or from cuttings. In our
climate stevia won’t survive
the winter outdoors. Natural
sweetener, marked with number E960.
http://www.livescience.com/39601-stevia-facts-safety.html
Why is stevia
better than sugar?
- 60 - 100 times sweeter than refined sugar
- natural herb
- with a low glycemic index, without calories
- tastiest of available sweeteners
- non-toxic
http://realfoodforlife.com/stevia/
Stevia has been widely used to:
- feed diabetics
- the dietary treatment of people who want to reduce excess weight
- feed patients with high blood pressure
- prevent caries
- help patients with phenylketonuria
- help in the treatment of infections
I think stevia is good for us, because it is natural herb without sugar, it is healthy for our organism, without chemistry. It should be used regularly. Stevia is more expensive than sugar but more efficient. I think that everyone should try stevia, because it hasn’t got calories. Personally, I do not use stevia, but I’m going to start.
Questions:
- Have you ever eaten it?
- Is it a good idea to change sugar for stevia?
I've never heard about it.
ReplyDeleteI'm never using sugar for tea, but honestly, I would like to use stevia. It's great idea.
You can use it to whatever you want, instead of sugar, not only for tea? Is it good also for example for coffee, cakes etc...?
I haven't found in your presentation, information about, where you can buy it. In almost any store or maybe it's hard to get?
Yes, you can use to the variuos things, but has a specific taste, however not everyone is able to recognize him.
DeleteIn a health food shop, but you can planted it and to sweeten leaves.
I've never heard about it either. However, now I did, and I definitely think that it's a good idea to change sugar for stevia. Sugar is white, sweet death, the less you have it in your life, the better. Getting rid of it totally is nearly impossible, but limiting the actual amount can help a lot.
ReplyDeleteExactly, it's better use to healthy substitutes, and to improve their lives and health.
DeleteI have never tasted stevia, but somewhere I've heard about it. If stevia has so many advantages maybe it is worth to replace sugar by it. I wonder how it exactly tastes. From my experience, the most healthy food tastes much worse than their unhealthy equivalents.
ReplyDeleteHmm... stevia reportedly it has aftertaste bitter lightly, but it isn't feel...but is replacing the sugar, because is sweet.
DeleteStevia. I'am not suprised that author Bartosz Karasiak brings this out! Sure i know stevia, i 've tried it few times but its not so obvious to get ;)
ReplyDeleteA bit of health substitutes also have to say :) I think now easier to get Stevia than ever :)
DeleteUnfortunately, I am a person who uses a lot of sugar. Recently I bought stevia at the health food store and I have to admit that stevia is much better than sugar. Personally, I like the taste of stevia, but you can't overdo it because it is much sweeter than sugar.
ReplyDeleteTrue, it is sweeter, and you use it less than sugar.
DeleteI don't use much sugar, but it does seem like this stevia is a good alternative to switch to.
ReplyDeleteThe sad thing is, howevewr, that even if we stopped adding sugar to our food entirely, there's still plenty of it already in other stuff, it's hard to run away from.
Exactly, but sometimes you can change into something healthier and it will affect your health.
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ReplyDeleteI've never heard about it. In case that im not eating sugar, tasting something like this would be great. From comments i got that its not easy to buy, but i will try to find out this 'stevia', healthy shops probably will help. Do you use only stevia instead of sugar or maybe may you advice something else?
ReplyDeleteI use to, and it is healthy. They are available sweeteners, but I don't recommend.
DeleteIt is very intresting article. For that what I just read I think it is a very good idea to change sugar for stevia. If you can't live without sweets I mean you add sugar to tea or coffee why not convert sugar to something healthy. I have never used stevia but I'm sure I will try it as soon as possible because I use a lot of sugar. If you can convert something unhealthy to something healthy - do it!
ReplyDeleteExactly! I would recommend to change to Stevia, health is very important, and we should take care of your health :)
DeleteI had once the opportunity to try stevia. Its taste was hmm... different than sugar. I added it to coffee and tea, but it tasted so unnaturally, maybe the reason for this is that I am accustomed to sugar and should use it more times to get used to it.
ReplyDeleteCurrently I am trying switch from sugar to honey.
There was an extra thing, that I became to stevia - lollipops. They were better than the ones created from sugar :)
Ooo..I never hear about lolipops of Stevia.
DeleteI would like try to taste this lolipops :)
I've never tried it unfortunatelly but I barely use sugar so thats why I wasn't interested in that kind of stuff. However it sounds like a really good alternative for people who can't use sugar or for someone who wants to improve their health state.
ReplyDeleteFunny I have never heard of it, but from your 'promotion article' ( :D ) I would say that is a perfect replacement for sugar ! The so called sweet death nowadays is a real thing, you should avoid sugar, because it IS bad for you. For your questions I have never heard about maybe I ate it in something ? I don't really know :) but for sure I would like to test it whether it's good or bad :) As I said it might be a very good replacement for sugar :) Thanks for it by the way :)
ReplyDeleteYou have to show people something different, interesting, maybe somebody changes your life :)
DeleteI ate some meals where sugar was replaced with stevia, and I think it can easily replace it. From what I have already noticed, some food companies use some small amount of stevia in their products and claim to make ‘fit’ products, still putting there lots of sugar, so better read labels.
ReplyDeleteI have never tasted this. Your article suggests that stevia has only advantages. I disagree about defects of white sugar. In the right amount can be a great addition to many dishes.
ReplyDeleteLike most of us i never eat this , but i'm going to becouse as we can see this have a lot of advantages so why not ? It have any disadvantages ?
ReplyDeletePrice...I think it will be a disadvantage. It is more expensive than sugar.
DeleteI heard about stevia few years ago when my girlfriend shown me in some store a chocolate bar sweetened with stevia. I know that my mom is also using this sweetener for cakes and other baked goods. Like it was written in article stevia is a lot sweeter than regular sugar so you don't have to add this as much as sugar and of course what is main advantage it has less calories. I didn't know much about the stevia plant where it grows and so on but thanks to that article I know now :) I also didn't know that stevia isn't toxic. It was not mentioned in article but If you want to try some stevia sweetened products there is Coca-Cola Life which contains stevia and also Sprite is sweetened with stevia.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that these drinks have this product in the composition .. :)
DeleteI ate Stevia few times, my mom use it to her dishes. For me it changes the taste of meal in a bad way. For the first time I tried it by accident. I ate it without anything else thinking that it's something different and it blow my mouth and tear my tongue apart. Really Stevia doesn't have any disadvantages? It must has some.
ReplyDeleteGenerally I don't like the sweet taste, so neither do I use usual sugar, nor stevia. Although I've heard about that, I'm still not really convinced about it's features. I think that when someone has a good reason not to eat sugar, the best choice is to give up on this at all. It's a good way to raise willpower and check oneself.
ReplyDeleteI heard about stevia and I even eat it. I would like to try coca cola with stevia. In my opinion products with stevia instead of sugar shoud have lower taxes, because they have really big influence on people's health. I don't use suger or stevia because I don't like sweet drinks or meals.
ReplyDeleteI tried several times but somehow I did not like. I do not drink coffee and tea at all not sweetening. For health should start to consume stevia.
ReplyDeleteI haven’t eat it before. Maybe stevie is heavier than sugar, but I don’t want to change this. Also I’ve heard about it, because of my sister, but honestly, I would like to use sugar. I don’t know where I can buy it, and I think it’s hard to get.
ReplyDelete1. I have never eaten it, but I would like to try stevia.
ReplyDelete2. In my opinion changing sugar for stevia is not pointless. It seems to be better for our health so why not? Health is the most important thing in our life, so if we use stevia in appropriate amounts, maybe it can be good for us.
I've never got change to try stevia and dont heards about it .
ReplyDeleteYes , its good idea to change sugar for stevia , becouse stevia is much
healthier for us as opposed to sugar. People, who use sugar in big quantity
should switch to stevia.
Hmm, I haven't heard about stevia before. Sounds like a good idea to exchange sugar for stevia. Looks like it's healthier. Maybe someday I will be determined enough to put sugar away in favor of stevia? Who knows? :)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, thanks for this article. It has been educational.
Stevia has quite a specific taste, which I think makes it suitable as an additive to everything. Drinks with stevia have a specific taste, which might discourage some people. However, if we use stevia in baking, it is imperceptible and makes that we can eat your favorite cake without consequences. I think that is a great thing for people with diabetes or on a restrictive diet. Therefore, if we have a choice - choose stevia.
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