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[Michael Nave <jmichaelnave@yahoo.com>]

How odd, stevia has been used for centuries with no
toxic effects yet the EU bans it. It's legal in Japan
and has been used for almost 30 years with no
problems. On the other hand, numerous problems have
been reported with aspartame, including brain tumors
and deaths, yet it is legal in the EU.  There is far
more evidence for aspartame toxicity than for stevia
toxicity.

http://healing.about.com/cs/uc_directory/a/uc_stevia_jones.htm

http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/stevia.html

http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/

If you want to know why some substances are banned and
others are allowed, just follow the money. Oddly
enough, products supported by huge corporations which
spend tons of moneys on politicians alway seem to make
it to market. On the other hand, products like stevia
which have no large corporate backing are banned. In
the US at one point even books on stevia were banned.
Think about that for just a minute, a book on a sugar
substitute was banned in a country that claims to have
freedom of the press. How was that ever allowed and
who would benefit from a book about a sugar substitute
being banned? 

http://www.feingold.org/PF/pf_stevia.html



--- John Barbowski <jbarbowski@gmail.com> wrote:

> Before you jump, be careful. See the following:
> 
> http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/webpage/stevia
> 
> jmb
> 
> 
> 
> On 4/1/07, Dr. Chiranjit Parmar
> <parmarch@sancharnet.in> wrote:
> >
> >  You can boil and use extract from stevia leaves. 
> However, it is better
> > to make a powder of the leaves and then use this
> powder as a sugar
> > substitute.  It is 30-325 times sweeter than
> sugar.  The powder has its own
> > smell but that is NOT bad and becomes acceptable
> after some days.
> >
> > I have been using this powder.
> >
> > C. PARMAR
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > *From:* Bassem Samaan <bassem@gardener.com>
> > *To:* North American Fruit Explorers
> <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> > *Sent:* Saturday, March 31, 2007 6:05 PM
> > *Subject:* Re: [NAFEX] Fwd: About effect of
> miracle fruit.
> >
> >
> > I have the Miracle fruit, and I agree that the
> substance inside it will
> > block the sour taste. The fruit by itself is not
> really sweet, nor tasty. I
> > gave a friend who's a doctor the miracle fruit,
> and wanted to try it with
> > his patient. This patient can't taste sugar,
> sweets may taste salty for him,
> > but it didn't change that affect on him.
> > Artichokes leaves and heart if eaten, will sweeten
> the taste of water for
> > few minutes. Stevia however, is very sweet, I was
> wondering if I can boil it
> > and use the sweetened water in recipes.
> >
> > Bass samaan
> > zone 6, pa
> >
> >
> >
> >
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