Guest guest Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 > It's not supposed to. The challenge with stevia is > that it doesn't take much because it is SO sweet. And > if you use too much it gets bitter. So I've heard. I've been using Stevia for about 15 years, and I can't say as I've ever had it taste bitter. The brown, whole herb extract has a taste that some people find disagreeable, but the purified extracts (either white powder or clear liquid) just make food sickly sweet when too much is used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 > Is there a particular brand that you prefer? Nope. > And do you have a rule of thumb for substituting stevia for > sugar? The only things I've ever used it in is teas and rhubarb, and I just go by taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2003 Report Share Posted March 4, 2003 Hi , I haven't heard of erythritol before, but here is a page that describes how they make it and an exerpt from an abstract found on Medline. Laurie http://www.cerestarpharma.com/html/erythritol.html " Erythritol is a natural tetritol produced by the fermentation of carbohydrates and subsequent crystallisation as meso-erythritol CEridex 16955 - Crystalline erythritol Functionality: CEridex 16955 is a white crystalline powder of highest purity with a natural sweet taste and pleasant cooling effect. The very low calorific value, the non-cariogenicity and the high digestive tolerance makes it a valuable non-hygroscopic excipient suitable for diabetics. " And this from the National Library of Medicine http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi? cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_uids=9862657 & dopt=Abstract " The clinical studies showed erythritol to be well tolerated and not to cause any toxicologically relevant effects, even following high- dose exposure. Erythritol administered orally to humans was rapidly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and quantitatively excreted in the urine without undergoing metabolic change. At high oral doses, urinary excretion accounted for approximately 90% of the administered dose with minimal amounts appearing in the faeces. A comparison of the human and animal data indicated a high degree of similarity in the metabolism of erythritol and this finding supports the use of the animal species used to evaluate the safety of erythritol for human consumption. It can be concluded, based on the available studies that erythritol did not produce evidence of toxicity. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 17, 2004 Report Share Posted June 17, 2004 I have only been able to find stevia leaves here in the Natural food stores and it's quite a mess using them. They taste like liquorice to me. Has anyone else noticed that? Canary Peg .. Thus you get relatively hungry quicker due to the " sugar > crash " as well as contributing to insulin resistance. > > I noticed earlier today that NOW Foods has come out with combo > xylitol and stevia packets. That may be a " safer " sweetener for > CRers than the synthetics. Both sweeteners have minimal impact on > glycemic levels, but I haven't seen any data on their insulin impact > yet. > > Logan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 i am one of the oddballs who loves stevia and have used it in my tea everyday for at least five years. i only like the white pure powder form. no fillers added. no licorice taste. i find it bulk in whole foods herb & spice section. << From: "Peg Diamond" <enmuffins@...> I have only been able to find stevia leaves here in the Natural food stores and it's quite a mess using them. They taste like liquorice to me. Has anyone else noticed that?>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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