Guest guest Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 Hi Faith: In the discussion Bee replies with: " the only sweetener allowed is pure stevia, which is from the stevia plant - I've eaten the leaves and it is sweet. The best forms are powdered leaf, which I buy from the bulk bins at my health store - it is green just like the leaf. Even then you should only have very small amounts of it. " Also: In his book Healing With Whole Foods, Pitchford cautions, " Obtain only the green or brown [whole] stevia extracts or powders; avoid the clear extracts and white powders, which, highly refined and lacking essential phyto-nutrients, cause imbalance " . So taking that in to account I would say what you are using is NOT recommended. Stevia is treated differently in different countries. I don't know where you are from but here in Canada it is not banned nor illegal to purchase. At 09:03 AM 03-04-06, you wrote: >I know there was a discussion about Stevia a short while back. It is >hard for me to be on the computer and do a lot of reading, so I am >asking if what I am taking is ok. > >It comes in a green packet that says Sweet Leaf Stevia Plus. It is a >white powder. Is this the one that was banned? Why is it bad for us >when it says 100% natural. I have been on this since last summer. >Please advise. > >Thank you, >Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 In a message dated 4/3/2006 3:59:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jahlstrom@... writes: Hi Faith, Stevia Plus has FOS in it. FOS is not good to take. There is an article in the files about it. Lots of things that are " 100% Natural " are bad for us....Sugar for instance. ) Just because something is " natural " does not make it " ok " . jackie Thanks Jackie. I wish I would have know about this all along. Everywhere Stevia is mentioned, it just would say Stevia. I didn't read the files on Stevia. Perhaps I should have. There is so much reading which is hard for me when I am feeling so bad. Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 This is a quote from your How to Successfully Overcome Candida " The only sweetener that is safe to have is Stevia. " This was found on page 6 right under Names for Sugar and Sweeteners. That is the only place I saw it. It did not say not to have the white powdered Stevia. Faith In a message dated 4/4/2006 8:24:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, beeisbuzzing2003@... writes: ==>The information about Stevia is in my main article " How to Successfully Overcome Candida " so reading it thoroughly is the most important education you can get. Review it again and you may find things you missed. If FOS were important to have I would have included it in the main article. There are many things not listed for a reason. Bee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 " Natural " is a word used willy nilly by manufacturers, but it is not a regulated word, so it doesn't mean anything. Bee > > I know there was a discussion about Stevia a short while back. It is > hard for me to be on the computer and do a lot of reading, so I am > asking if what I am taking is ok. > > It comes in a green packet that says Sweet Leaf Stevia Plus. It is a > white powder. Is this the one that was banned? Why is it bad for us > when it says 100% natural. I have been on this since last summer. > Please advise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Faith wrote: > Thanks Jackie. I wish I would have know about this all along. Everywhere Stevia is mentioned, it just would say Stevia. I didn't read the files on Stevia. Perhaps I should have. There is so much reading which is hard for me when I am feeling so bad.\ ==>The information about Stevia is in my main article " How to Successfully Overcome Candida " so reading it thoroughly is the most important education you can get. Review it again and you may find things you missed. If FOS were important to have I would have included it in the main article. There are many things not listed for a reason. Bee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Dear Faith, Give me a little slack here my friend. I can't possibly include all of the details about products in an article of that size - it would take a book. Bee > > > This is a quote from your How to Successfully Overcome Candida " The only > sweetener that is safe to have is Stevia. " This was found on page 6 right under > Names for Sugar and Sweeteners. That is the only place I saw it. It did not > say not to have the white powdered Stevia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 > Hello: > I discovered natural Stevia at the health food store lasat night. It > is a green powder and when I tried to use it, I had the feeling and > taste I was eating Henna. It was really nasty. I went back to the > Stevia in the little packages and started to think. Is the Stevia that > is packages in the small packeages bleached with clorine? I think this > because it is white and Stevia in the natural state is green. Does > anyone know about this? > Jeanette ==>My natural stevia does not taste like Henna. lol! Bee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2006 Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 I have never head of any restrictions regarding Stevia. From: nofrillsbill Just wondering if the sugar substitute Stevia is considered acceptible in any way for one suffering from liver and pancreas cancer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 > > What brand of stevia is best to get? I am out and want to make sure I am getting a good brand. > > Betty, the best is from your health store's bulk jars, which is pure ground up stevia leaves which is green. It's also the cheapest. Bee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Our health food store only carries the stuff in bottles (white). I will look out of town at Vitamin Cottage. Thanks Betty [ ] Re: Stevia > > What brand of stevia is best to get? I am out and want to make sure I am getting a good brand. > > Betty, the best is from your health store's bulk jars, which is pure ground up stevia leaves which is green. It's also the cheapest. Bee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 > > I didn't think that Stevia caused any side effects but I have been > feeling wierd lately - very tired, dizzy, & feel like I am in a daze. > > I haven't changed anything else in my diet that might cause this that I > can think of. Hi Lynn, Some people are sensitive to Stevia so it's entirely possible that it caused you some upset. Also, please remember that natural healing goes in cycles...some days you feel terrific and others you feel like you've taken a huge backslide. Just keep on doing the program...you'll get to feeling better again. jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 Oops, I just discovered something. I looked at the container that the Stevia came in. Under other ingredients it says Maltodextrain and silica. I hope that take it back. I know another store who sells it in bulk. I will have to get some there in the next couple of days. Will the green colored Stevia turn food green too? Thanks!! Lynn > > > > I didn't think that Stevia caused any side effects but I have been > > feeling wierd lately - very tired, dizzy, & feel like I am in a daze. > > > > I haven't changed anything else in my diet that might cause this that I > > can think of. > > > Hi Lynn, > > Some people are sensitive to Stevia so it's entirely possible that it > caused you some upset. Also, please remember that natural healing goes > in cycles...some days you feel terrific and others you feel like > you've taken a huge backslide. Just keep on doing the program...you'll > get to feeling better again. > > jackie > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 > Oops, I just discovered something. I looked at the container that > the Stevia came in. Under other ingredients it says Maltodextrain > and silica. I hope that take it back. I know another store who sells it in bulk. I will have to get some there in the next couple of days. Will the green colored Stevia turn food green too? ==>That depends upon how much you put into the foods. You should use very minimal amounts because it is sugar and it still feeds candida. ==>Lynn, would you please trim your messages - see our Files for the Candida Group Info folder. Bee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Hi Irene, Check out the file called C) Stevia Articles & Information You might find some useful info in there. " ) Also Bee talks about it in post 41972 where she explains why some candida sufferers have difficulty with it. " Some candida sufferers cannot tolerate stevia. It will feed candida, making you bloat, etc. In any case it should only be in very small amounts, like a pinch, and some people can't have it at all. " Jecca > > How safe is stevia? I am always suspicious of it because I don't tolerate it. But I was going to try and use it to see if I can get my son to drink the egg drink. I just wonder if it is safe to use every day, at what quantity with children? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 I walk to hell and back to get something which can rid me of cancer. The stevia story sounds fascinating. I want to believe it but first I have to understand it. What I do not understand is <water changing into a white soup that I pour into bottles, where water sperates from floating toxins and then in the sink where they belong> I understand that we have a white float on the surface of the water b e f o r e the mixture has been consumed. The text then continues <... but stevia gets the floating white soap out of your body.> Confusing. I thought the float went into the sink. I need help here, because I’m not a native speaker of English and I simply don’t understand the text. Also, what intrigues me is that the poster has two friends who are ready to go all the way to Washington to make this treatment available and acceptable but our poster does not tell us of what these person have been healed. Please help --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 i've never heard that stevia was in the steriod family. i would like to see or hear more about this. i googled it and didn't find much info. donna gates from the body ecology highly recommends using stevia even for children. she wrote a cookbook about it and researched it for many years before endorsing it. i thought it was scd legal? sam > , > > Not legal. > Elaine writes: > Stevia belongs to a family called Terpenoids. According to my book > called The Organic Constitutents of Higher Plants by Trevor , > 2nd edition, page 158, " This class of glycosides (terpenoids) often have > physiological effects on mammals and microorganisms. " Perhaps the affect > is good, perhaps it is bad; I don't know, but its molecular structure > resembles a steroid. It is not SCD^ legal. > > I think it is one of those things we all need to decide for ourselves > whether the benefit is worth the potential risk. > > > > Viadro wrote: > > > Do we know for sure that stevia is SCD/GAPS legal? I thought I heard > > someone ask Dr. Natasha about it at the WAPF conference (after her > > talk) and her reply was somewhat ambivalent. It's probably too new for > > the original SCD diet to have considered it. Does anyone know? > > > > > > > > > > [ ] Re: Treats for kids WAS Honey > > > > BTW i made muffins today with 2 banana's and some stevia instead > > of the honey and it > > didn't taste like banana's at all. > > > > . > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Dr. Mercola recommends it too. He has written a book about artificial sweeteners and sweeteners: sweet deceptions. and apparently stevia has been used in japan for a long time. my understanding is that the fda hasn't allowed it because of the pressure from the artificial sweetener big biz. sue v Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 I agree - Stevia is completely natural and plant-sourced. It's been studied extensively and found to not impact glucose levels. The only drawback is it doesn't taste all the good! I use a bit of Stevia to cut down on other sweeteners (like agave) in baking. Anne Dr. Mercola recommends it too. He has written a book about artificialsweeteners and sweeteners: sweet deceptions. and apparently stevia hasbeen used in japan for a long time. my understanding is that the fdahasn't allowed it because of the pressure from the artificial sweetenerbig biz. sue v Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 I bought some stevia tablets at a health food store (a lonnnng time ago!) and now I can't remember what you can do with the tablets. Can you put one in tea? I'd love to hear ideas on what you all do with that. Tina > > > I agree - Stevia is completely natural and plant-sourced. It's been studied extensively and found to not impact glucose levels. The only drawback is it doesn't taste all the good! I use a bit of Stevia to cut down on other sweeteners (like agave) in baking. Anne > > > Dr. Mercola recommends it too. He has written a book about artificial > sweeteners and sweeteners: sweet deceptions. and apparently stevia has > been used in japan for a long time. my understanding is that the fda > hasn't allowed it because of the pressure from the artificial sweetener > big biz. sue v > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2008 Report Share Posted February 9, 2008 Someone posted that stevia decreased tumors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2008 Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 Hi, Ben. A lot of us have first-hand knowledge about stevia. You don't say what it is you wish to know about it. For my part, it is a natural, far preferable sweetener to refined sugar. I use it regularly in tea, in smoothies and in other things one does not have to heat, as I believe heating destroys stevia. I like the liquid better for sweetening liquids. It comes in liquid and powder. Elliot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2008 Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 From what I have seen, there is no good evidence that stevia decreases tumors. And how would one ever know unless there was a specific study done using just stevia, done by professional researchers? :+)) Thing is, there has to be NO ONE out there with cancer taking just stevia and nothing else. So how could anything besides the type of study I have just mentioned ever cause anyone to say stevia shrinks tumors? Only way stevia has any effect on cancer that I know of is by being a sugar substitute, which allows a person to sweeten things without feeding any tumors that are forming and without weakening one's immune system the way sugar does. Best wishes, Elliot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Hi, . I don't know how you dug up that title for this thread, but I would personally appreciate it if we could just keep the title " Stevia, " as an overwhelming majority of us feel that stevia has no cancer cure properties at all. The person who posted that bit about stevia shrinking cancer was not a health practitioner, and there is nothing at all on the internet about stevia shrinking cancer. I would not like to see lots of messages wasted again about something that has absolutely no factual basis whatsoever, and practically zero anecdotal basis either. For all intents and purposes, stevia is a good, natural sweetener, but should not be taken in large doses, and is not good for baking. That is the long and the short of stevia, to the very best of my knowledge. I think we ought to leave it at that. Just my opinion. Respectfully and with Best wishes, Elliot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Er, Elliot, all I did was respond to the post, ok? Whatever was in the subject line, I did not change. Perhaps my reply was slow in coming, and I was wading through a bunch of older posts before deleting. No " offense " intended. jp > Hi, . > > I don't know how you dug up that title for this thread, but I would > personally appreciate it if we could just keep the title " Stevia, " as > an overwhelming majority of us feel that stevia has no cancer cure > properties at all. The person who posted that bit about stevia > shrinking cancer was not a health practitioner, and there is nothing at > all on the internet about stevia shrinking cancer. I would not like to > see lots of messages wasted again about something that has absolutely > no factual basis whatsoever, and practically zero anecdotal basis > either. For all intents and purposes, stevia is a good, natural > sweetener, but should not be taken in large doses, and is not good for > baking. That is the long and the short of stevia, to the very best of > my knowledge. I think we ought to leave it at that. Just my opinion. > > Respectfully and with Best wishes, > > Elliot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 My opinion about stevia is it helps you cut down on eating processed sugars and artificial sweeteners, both of which are root causes of cancer. Some cancer patients are sweets addicts, they won't admit it or don't realize it. Of course you can kill sweets addiction by doing Virgin Coconut Oil detoxing. Regards, Edwin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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