Stevia - a promising precendent?

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I was just looking up stevia to find out how it suddenly became legal (and has

gone from practically unknown, to having a whole shelf in the supermarket,

within months) and read the following, which I thought might be quite a hopeful

example, in relation to Natural Desiccated Thyroid:

'Controversy over possible negative health impacts of products such asaspartame

have certainly been a catalyst for consumer mistrust, but this is also arguably

part of a broader cultural trend.

The pioneering work in artificial sweeteners such as aspartame, cyclamate and

saccharin, was done at a time when scientific and technological solutions were

overwhelmingly viewed as the only way to progress. Arguably, today a much more

open view is taken towards the idea that some solutions may be found by looking

back.

Stevia's natural credentials - and the fact that it has been consumed safely

for many years - certainly make it a product perfectly in tune with that trend.'

http://www.just-food.com/analysis/stevia-set-for-sweet-success-in-europe_id11749\

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