19/12/2019
*What you Need to Know About Stevia*
Stevia is the healthiest natural sugar
substitute and the most trusted natural sweet plant on Earth.
Stevia is a green leaf with natural sweet taste. It's 200 to 300 times sweeter than sugar, calorie and carbohydrate free.
It has been used for thousands of years as a food enhancer. It has now been grown commercially and widely used in instead of artificial sweeteners like aspartame, splenda and xylitol in Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Central America, United States, Canada, Middle East, Europe, China and Thailand.
It has been used as a healthy alternative to sugar for people seeking overall improved health including controlling blood sugar, preventing hypertension, treating skin disorders, preventing tooth decay and controlling Candida.
Other studies showed stevia to be a natural antiviral agent and antibacterial as well.
It is a great natural sweetener choice for diabetics, and people on a basic diet to control severe liver or kidney diseases such as Hepatitis C.
Due to its almost zero calorie nature, it is extremely useful to obese persons that are attempting to lose body fat.
Because it is a natural sweet, but sugarless, it reduces sugar cravings by fooling the body into a state of satiation. This will result in less sweet food being craved, thus consumed, and in the result reduces caloric intake. It will help with the suppression of the appetite, without having to resort to products containing stimulants.
Stevia has been approved as a sweetener agent in some countries like Japan, China and Brazil.
In fact, it is regularly used in food preparation and pharmaceutical products in Korea, Japan, China and the Pacific Rim countries. In Japan alone, an estimated 50 tons of stevioside is consumed annually.
In Canada and the United States, stevia has been approved as a dietary supplement.
However, in December 2008, the US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) stated it had no objection to the conclusion of an expert panel that rebaudioside A ( Stevia )is generally recognized as safe (GRAS) for use as a general purpose sweetener. A Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), United Nations and World Health Organization concluded that they are safe for their intended use - to sweeten foods and beverages.
This sweet plant is nutrient rich, containing substantial amounts of Protein, Calcium, Phosphorous, Sodium, Magnesium, Zinc, Rutin, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, and other nutrients, yet has no caloric value. It has proven beneficial for many when used as a dietary supplement.
Studies have shown the following benefits from using Stevia in one's diet:
• Helps reduce blood pressure
• Control blood sugar levels, unlike sugarcane sugar does.
• 100% Natural Sweetener.
• Non-fermentable, non-discoloring.
• Maintains heat stability at 95 °C and features a lengthy shelf life.
• Unlike artificial sweeteners, it doesn't break down with heat, so you can learn to cook with it too.
• Natural Flavor enhancer.
• Acts as Plaque retardant Anti-caries and prevents cavities.
• Non-toxic extensively tested and used by humans with no adverse effects; It has an excellent healing capabilities without scarring if placed on a cut.
Please, expect to receive more updates on Stevia.
Stevia is going to improve the health standard of so many people in the world, if they care.
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You can sweeten your tea, pap, fruit juice with just few leave of stevia soaked in hot water for 10 minutes.
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