How safe is Stevia?
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kathryn
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I believe it is safe.
It's been used by the native population of Paraguay (I believe) for centuries, and in Japan for decades, and no ill effects have been noted.
I think that, like with soy, studies showing problems with it are based on the experimenters using isolates or extracting elements from the Stevia, and whole stevia is metabolised in a different way.
I certainly think it's had a better record of safe use than Splenda or all the artificial sweeteners.
It's been used by the native population of Paraguay (I believe) for centuries, and in Japan for decades, and no ill effects have been noted.
I think that, like with soy, studies showing problems with it are based on the experimenters using isolates or extracting elements from the Stevia, and whole stevia is metabolised in a different way.
I certainly think it's had a better record of safe use than Splenda or all the artificial sweeteners.