If you haven't heard of Stevia before, you're not alone. Stevia is a sweetener that only tastes sweet. It has no effect on your blood sugar.
It is not an artificial sweetener, it comes from the Stevia plant. It's an excellent choice for anyone with diabetes, yeast, a cane sugar allergy, or for anyone just looking be healthier but get that sweet taste.
I see a surprising number of people who have a cane sugar allergy. Yes, it is real and it can cause real problems, just like any other food allergy or intolerance. One of the greatest challenges with avoiding cane sugar is that in this country we put it in a huge majority of processed foods. Everything from ketchup to yogurt has cane sugar in it.
Now there is a new and interesting soda pop on the market called Zevia which, you guessed it, uses Stevia as the sweetener. I recently had my first can, Rootbeer, my favorite flavor, and I was pleasantly surprised. It tasted just like rootbeer. You can taste a slight difference in the sweetness, but I think that if you were raised on Stevia you'd find it to be completely normal. So give it a chance.
I'm not much of a soda drinker, but maybe now I can consume it without guilt or that sickly sugar feeling. You can learn more about Zevia and where to find it at www.Zevia.com.
Drink responsibly!
4 comments:
I've been drinking Zevia for months. I'm not a huge soda drinker, but I've missed it terribly at times. I can't have their rootbeer because of my ginger allergy, but I love the cola and the black cherry and lemon-lime.
Yasmine
I've been using stevia for almost six years and jumped for joy when I found Zevia. I've stayed away from regular soda since the sugar content is so high, and the diet sodas leave me with a strange head 'ache' that is hard to describe. Bottom line: I can have soda again and it tastes great. My flavor of choice is the good ol' cola.
I have a tendency towards hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)and started using stevia. I have since learned stevia is great for diabetics because it lowers blood sugar. I immediately stopped using it. A few months went by and I used it a few times in my morning tea and found it did indeed cause my blood sugar to drop and I had symptoms of excessive hunger and shakiness. My Naturopathic doctor confirmed that steveia not good for hypoglycemics.
Stevia is certainly not going to bump up your blood sugar levels like sugar will. So it's not surprising that it isn't helping with hypoglycemia. But my concern is with why you have hypoglycemia in the first place. Sugar helps of course, but you shouldn't be getting hypoglycemic. That is often a sign that you aren't absorbing your nutrients well, which can be a consequence of food allergies and other things that impact your digestion. Hypoglycemia is a common complaint of my patients, and it usually improves once we sort out their food allergies. I encourage you to look into this issue and you may discover a cure for your hypoglycemia.
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