Do you want to be healthy and stay healthy - PART II
Stevia, a natural sweetener used to replace sugar, was approved in December 2008 by the Food and Drug Administration as a dietary supplement. Used as a sugar alternative by the Coca Cola Company and PepsiCo in their products, it's considered 300 times as sweet as sugar.
Background
Used in Japan, Brazil and Paraguay for years, stevia, or stevia rebaudiana, is an herb native to Central and South America. Also known as sugar leaf, honey leaf or sweet leaf, it's been traditionally used in Paraguay to sweeten yerba mate tea and as a medicinal herb to treat a variety of health conditions. Composed of aglycone and glycoside, stevia was introduced by the National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), and it is gaining popularity in the United States.
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