Yeah, I looked on the label after I talked to you, Brad. First ingredient
is pure sugar. Oh well. So much for good intentions. Smile.
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "BD" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: SWEET WITHOUT SUGAR (WAS PRAYER FOR CHAPLAIN'S SON)
> Paul,
>
> Sugar from Sugar Beets or cane I believe is both refined sugar. In fact
> much of the sugar we eat is from Sugar Beets, some which are grown right
> near here in Minnesota. Stevia is a plant, the leaves are dried and boom,
> you have Stevia. They will extract it into a liquid for dropping on food
or
> you can buy it in white pulverized form, or I think you can also buy it in
> green flaked form. I think we have a little of each here lol. Oh, and
there
> is an agent in Stevia that naturally helps lower the blood pressure upon
> digesting it too. Another pharmaceutical incentive to keep it off the
> market eh?
>
> Brad
>
>
> At 12/06/2003 on Saturday, you wrote:
> >Hey, Brad
> >
> >Good thought but Ovaltine comes with the sugar already in it. It's sugar
> >from sugar beets I think, which I'd imagine is better than cane sugar or
> >refined sugar, but it's already in there. Smile. Where does stevia come
> >from? Is it synthetic or natural or what?
> >
> >Paul
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "BD" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 3:27 PM
> >Subject: Re: SWEET WITHOUT SUGAR (WAS PRAYER FOR CHAPLAIN'S SON)
> >
> >
> > > Paul,
> > >
> > > If you go to a health store and ask for Stevia (spelling), you can buy
a
> > > little bottle of white powder of it. It seems spendy but you need far
far
> > > less of it than sugar to sweeten. For example to sweeten a large cup
of
> > > coffee, I'd say 14 oz. my wife put in six drops of the liquid form of
it
> > > and it did the job... imagine that six drops to 14 oz of java. It
won't
> > > deteriorate teeth, mess with your insulin, mess with your immunity,
mess
> > > with adding pounds lol. Their is a very big controversy between the
health
> > > community and the government. It is used all over the world but here.
It
> > > will not be marketed as a sweetener but a dietary supplement. The
> > > government will not endorse it as a sweetener despite it being used
around
> > > the world for centuries. The problem with it is you can't patent a
herb as
> > > you can artificial sweeteners. Another thing is it will not work in
> >making
> > > of bread because yeast will not rise with it as it needs sugar. That
being
> > > said, and yeast being a bacteria, if bacteria needs sugar to multiply,
and
> > > it does, I suspect the medical and pharmaceutical field as well would
not
> > > care to see stevia used in place of sugar either. Anyway you might try
it
> > > in your Ovaltine.
> > >
> > > Brad
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