A 40-year-old member asked:
Is stevia in raw sugar be good/better or beneficial?
2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in
Dr. David Sneidanswered
Endocrinology 43 years experience
No different: It's just sugar and just calories. No better, no worse, just more expensive and advertised a lot.
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Dr. Pamela Pappasanswered
Psychiatry 44 years experience
Stevia in the Raw: Stevia is an herbal sweetener (made from stevia leaf extract) that has no calories. It's also not a synthetic sugar substitute like aspartame, saccharine, or sucralose. Some feel that stevia has an "aftertaste, " so you'll need to experiment and see if you do. The "raw" product seems to be more sugar-like in taste than truvia or other more processed products. http://tinyurl.com/k3oygxg.
Created for people with ongoing healthcare needs but benefits everyone.
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Last updated Jul 2, 2013
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