Splenda Sugar Substitute

Where would one find Stevia?

I, too, use Splenda in moderation but would love to find an alternative. Sugar is not an option and I love a hint of sweet in my tea.
 
Yes indeedy, chemists were trying to develop an insecticide but did not find any use for the compound as an insecticide. Just because they were trying to develop one does not mean that Splenda in an insecticide. Mind you, the search I conducted was using MEDLINE and SciFinder and not Google where I found quite a bit of information that is loosely based on fact and largely bunk. If you don't choose to, or can't, consume Splenda that's cool but for many of us it is a safe alternative to sugar if consumed with a bit o' common sense!
 
>I agree. My husband keeps arguing with me that it's made
>from sugar and how bad could it be?

Some plastics are made from soy, and I wouldn't eat them.;-)
The whole "made from sugar" is just a sales tactic to get the public to accept yet another artificial frankenfood.

I wouldn't tough Splenda (or Olestra) with a ten-foot pole!
(Interesting how foods that contain Olestra used to have to have a warning label on that advised customers that it could cause digestive upset--though they never went as far as fessing up to possibilities of 'anal leakage.' But now, they don't. And "WoW"--aka "wow, what's that in my underwear?" LOL!-- chips have now been renamed.)
 
> I try to stay away from it, but it's in so many things.

It's only in processed foods. You won't find a speck of it in whole, natural foods. It's really not that hard to avoid, if you want to.
 
> Gosh, I eat plain stuff as it
>is, can't imagine a world without sweetness at all....welcome
>to hell then. }(
>

There's plenty of sweetness without artifice: fruits, stevia, agave nectar, maple syrup...
 
>What do any of you use, in
>coffee? i usually put dry creamer and splenda. any sugg. i
>don't really care for reg. sugar.
I don't drink coffee, but in tea, if I use any sweetener, it's powdered or liquid stevia.

There are also some new flavored stevia liquids by Sweetleaf Stevia that you can drop into water to give it a flavor and some sweetness. Only ingredients: purified water, stevia, natural flavors (I got the orange, and it's yummy!) and grapefruit seed extract (as a natural preservative, but it also has some health benefits as well).
 
> Kathryn, if you're reading this, you're a big time enabler!
>Ever since you mentioned the chocolate tea, I've beend
>drinking it. I can't find the cookie one. Where'd you get it?
>Everytime I read your posts about food, I almost immediately
>purchase them. Shame, shame.... :p

Glad to help (now, if only I got a kickback!). And glad you could find a chocolate tea.

I'm not sure what "cookie" tea you're refering to? I don't recall saying anything about anything like that. Please refresh my memory.
 
>Where would one find Stevia?

At a local healthfood store.

You can also get it online from www.sweetleaf.com (they have powdered stevia, in inulin fiber that is a probiotic, as well as the new flavored stevia liquid).
 
Kathryn,
From what I can remember, you mentioned in another post you drink mint cookie tea or chocolate mint cookie flavored tea? Does it ring a bell?

Lisa
 
> Kathryn,
> From what I can remember, you mentioned in another post you
>drink mint cookie tea or chocolate mint cookie flavored tea?
>Does it ring a bell?

I used to drink a tea that was chocoate/mint flavored (and reminded me of a mint cookie). That must be it. I haven't had it for a long time. I think that one of the flavored stevia options might be chocolate/mint (or maybe that's just wishful thinking!). There is a liquid, concentrated green tea product by Herbasway ( www.herbasway.com ) that comes in mint, but no chocolate.
 
>And none of these would be particulary good in a cup of tea
>or chocolate cake.

Have you tried them?
I use stevia in tea, when I sweeten it.
I use maple syrup or agave in baked goods. Date sugar (just dried, powdered dates) works well in some baked goods as well.
 
Beavs said "If you don't choose to, or can't,
consume Splenda that's cool but for many of us it is a safe
alternative to sugar if consumed with a bit o' common sense!"

Oh thank god! Please don't take my splenda from me. I absolutly detest Stevia! Yuck, pluck, ick, ugh, don't make me drink it!

Heather
 
I had been told (by an herbalist friend and my dr.) to avoid Stevia when I was having some difficulties getting pregnant. Does anyone have any info about that? Stevia seemed like a godsend, but then it kind of freaked me out that it might cause other problems... Were they just being cautious? Thanks for any info!
 
>thanks Kathryn, can you buy this through naturessunshine?

I have no idea, I've never bought from them (a visit to their web site should answer your question).
 
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