How can stevia help control blood sugar? A growing number of people are opting for healthier alternatives to sugar, and stevia has become a popular choice, especially for people with diabetes. Studies have suggested that the natural calorie-free sweetener can help control blood glucose, although the exact way it does this...

Stevia revolutionizes sugar You know aspartame, the sweetener used by the food industry to replace sugar. In 2009, France authorised stevia from which a natural sweetener is extracted. Without calorie, sweeter than sugar, the stevia revolution is on the way. Sugar consumption is satisfied with 2 types of sweetening products: Loading carbohydrates:...

Stevia, a solution to reduce sugar consumption? The stevia is a plant of South America used for a very long time by the inhabitants of this continent as natural sweetener. His sweetening power is from 200 to 300 times superior in that of the sugar for a calorie no value. The...

Searches on the stevia High blood pressure. According to current results, stevia extracts would be useful for people with hypertension, but doubts remain. In China, 2 clinical studies of very good quality and long duration (1 year and 2 years, 750 mg and 1500 mg of steviosides per day) yielded conclusive results...

Does stevia have any side effects? Stevia is a no-nutritive or zero calorie sweetener composed of steviol glycosides.These are compounds extracted and refined from the leaves of the plant stevia rebaudiana. Many people choose to replace sugar with stevia to reduce their calorie intake. In this article, we examine the potential...

Stevia, a plant sweetener to conquer the European market. Stevia, a natural sweetener without calories, is about to conquer the European market, but food manufacturers, such as Coca Cola, have no intention of replacing aspartame, a controversial substance. After Japan, the United States, China and Australia, the European Commission has, in...

History of stevia The Guarani Indians of South America added stevia leaves to their infusions of plants to soften them. In Brazil and Paraguay, they have been used for centuries in cooking. In Latin America, traditional herbal medicine considers stevia as a hypoglycemic, hypotensive, diuretic and cardiotonic.It was still necessary...