Marjorie Milne of Colorado Springs swore off sugar 10 years ago, but she still indulges her sweet tooth without regret. She does it without using saccharine, aspartame or any of those pink, yellow and ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Marjorie Milne of Colorado Springs swore off sugar 10 years ago, but she still indulges her sweet tooth without regret. A: Both – and more. You can buy dried leaves, powder ...

As a powder or a liquid, stevia can be a healthy, yummy sugar substitute, in home-baked goods or those on the store shelves. Imagine an herb that’s much sweeter than sugar, but almost calorie-free.

Stevia rebaudiana is a plant native to South America. The parts of the plant that are sweet are referred to as steviol glycosides. This compound is isolated from the stevia leaves to make the ...

Is stevia, an extract 300 times more potent than sugar, the no-fat, no-calorie "natural" sweetener that soda and juice lovers have been thirsting for? Since the Food and Drug Administration approved ...

TYPE 2 diabetes is a chronic condition that requires careful monitoring to stave off the risks posed by rising blood sugar levels. Sugar can wreak havoc on blood sugar management, but a natural sugar ...

Major Reb A supplier PureCircle has quadrupled production capacity of stevia extracts at its Jiangxi plant in China as interest in stevia-derived sweeteners continues to grow. The number of companies ...

The desire for plants that produce more than greenery has gone indoors. More gardeners are looking for houseplants that do double duty by producing food. Stevia, the leaves of which can be used as a ...

Stevia supplier PureCircle USA says it “strongly refutes” claims from US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials that it imported shipments of stevia that had been processed in China with prison ...