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stevia

  1. W

    What sweeteners do people use?

    I've just started [as of 2 days ago] using Stevia sweeteners. ingredients: Lactose(milk), sweetener(29%) (steviol glycosides), anti-caking agent (crosslinked sodium carboxymethyl cellulose), Cornstarch, L-leucine. Anyone else on these type sweeteners? I only use 1 in tea as was in process of...
  2. Northerner

    Researchers unravel how stevia controls blood sugar levels

    What makes stevia taste so extremely sweet? And how does the sweetener keep our blood sugar level under control? Researchers at KU Leuven (University of Leuven, Belgium) have discovered that stevia stimulates a protein that is essential for our perception of taste and is involved in the release...
  3. robert@fm

    No added sugar... chocolate?

    Tonight, as part of my fortnightly grocery order, I decided to treat myself to some no added sugar chocolates (Chocologic Neapolitans — which despite the name are actually white, milk and dark chocolate, not chocolate, vanilla and strawberry as one might expect). They apparently are made in the...
  4. Northerner

    In search of the perfect sweetener

    Too much refined sugar is blamed for a wave of obesity and ill-health, so the search is on for the perfect sweetener. But it's not an easy task, writes Michael Mosley. I have had a love affair with sugar that has lasted all of my life. I adore the sweet stuff and in my youth knocked back...
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