Have you ever opened a pink packet of sweeter and put in your drink without really knowing what you are injesting? Well now there's another alternative!
Stevia is a plant with very sweet leaves from the Amazon. Recently the FDA approved this as an alternative sweetner in food! This approval is huge because until now other sweetners have been trying their best to keep stevia off the market (because it's a plant it can't be patented.)
Stevia is only available in drops or powder and some say has very different properties than suger when it comes to baking. But why not give it a try?
This may be the loophole to having our sweetened beverages and drinking them too.
Read this article to learn more about stevia:
http://www.odemagazine.com/blogs/editors_blog/4343
Stevia is a plant with very sweet leaves from the Amazon. Recently the FDA approved this as an alternative sweetner in food! This approval is huge because until now other sweetners have been trying their best to keep stevia off the market (because it's a plant it can't be patented.)
Stevia is only available in drops or powder and some say has very different properties than suger when it comes to baking. But why not give it a try?
This may be the loophole to having our sweetened beverages and drinking them too.
Read this article to learn more about stevia: http://www.odemagazine.com/blogs/editors_blog/4343