Posted on 06/05/2021 6:48:30 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
There is clear evidence that high sugar consumption leads to obesity and fatty liver disease. Synthetic and natural alternatives to sugar are available, but little is known about the effects of these non-caloric sweeteners on the liver. A new study led by Rohit Kohli, MBBS, MS, shows that stevia extract can reduce markers of fatty liver disease.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that obesity affects nearly 19% of children. An associated condition called non-alcoholic fatty liver disease affects one out of every 10 children. Fatty liver disease can lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer. Consumption of too much sugar can lead to both obesity and fatty liver disease.
"Sugary foods and drinks can cause scarring in the liver," says Dr. Kohli, "but we don't know how non-caloric sweeteners may affect liver disease." In a first-of-its-kind study, Dr. Kohli addressed and answered the question: Can non-caloric sweeteners improve signs of fatty liver disease?
Using a preclinical model, he tested two non-caloric sweeteners, sucralose and stevia extract. Both are widely available and appear in many sweetened foods and drinks. "We were interested in those two compounds because they are the newest and least studied in the context of liver disease and obesity," says Dr. Kohli.
The results were striking. "We compared these sweeteners head to head with sugar," he says. "Stevia extract lowers glucose levels and improves markers of fatty liver disease." These markers include fibrosis and fat levels in the liver. The study also uncovered some potential mechanisms that could be responsible for reversing these markers of fatty liver disease. "We saw a decrease in signs of cellular stress and some changes in the gut microbiome," says Dr. Kohli
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A trade name for Rebaudioside A is “Reb A.”
Too bad Stevia tastes like crap.
Stevia gives me migraines :(
I use Stevia, but am no health expert. It took a little while for the flavor to grow on me, but I’ve used it a few years now.
Reb A is an extract from Stevia extract. It tastes much better that stevia extract.
Most Stevia products are really another sweetner with stevia as the second ingredient.
I’ve read that only erithritol did not increase blood sugar levels.
So I use Truvia which is erithritol and stevia. And other products (like Quest cookies and bars) containing that combination.
Eat nitrite rich foods ( leafy greens, beet juice ), drink coffee..and go for long walks at a brisk pace. That should take care of NAFLD.
Once you get used to it you don’t notice. If you try something with other sweeteners it’s way too sweet. I only use Stevia now.
Have you tried the Pyure brand? That’s the only one I like. A little expensive, but you don’t need much.
I’ve been using Ideal after having tried several different sweeteners. This is the only one that has no aftertaste to me and I notice it sometimes sells out at HEB before the others. They just recently quit selling the packets, which I preferred, so now I buy it in a pouch and refill a sugar dispense with it. It is xylitol, though, which is harmful to pets.
Hate sucralose .. Tolerate stevia
I like stevia. I get the little liquid bottles of Great Value stevia or Splenda brand Stevia (Doesn’t have sucrulose despite the brand name) from Walmart.
I use stevia with Milo’s artificially sweetened tea (comes with sucrulose) and with Clear American drinks (aspartane) from Walmart to make them sweeter.
Bimp
Splenda in my coffee every day.
Sweetener Stevia Was Once Hailed As An Anti-Fertility Agent for Population Reduction
https://www.activistpost.com/2015/05/stevia-hailed-as-anti-fertility-agent.html
Maybe it’s not so sweet now… If you’ve thought stevia, the natural alternative to sugar and artificial sweetners with aspartame, et al., is too good to be true, there may be a catch. Check out this textbook written in 1970 by Paul and Anne Ehrlich, the precursor to the textbook Ecoscience they wrote with Obama Science Czar John P. Holdren seven years later. The book advocates all manner of horrors to depopulate what they consider an overpopulated world, including everything from adding sterilants to the water and food to producing a sterilizing virus that requires a vaccine antidote one could apply for… it’s a nightmare.
As such, it was pretty shocking to find a passage where the authors excitedly discuss using stevia rebaudiana — the same sweet leaf hailed everywhere today as a wonderful, healthy sugar alternative — as an anti-fertility agent. What’s more, it had apparently been used traditionally by indigenous Indian populations in Paraguay for a long time, and rats in studies had shown a large drop in fertility after being administered stevia…
**Youtube has scrubbed the videos talking about this. Paul and Anne Ehrlich (friends of the Clintons) researched and wrote about this in1970. Notice how the advertising of stevia products is aimed at young white women.
https://www.amazon.com/Population-Resources-Environment-Issues-Ecology/dp/0716706806
agreed -can’t stand the smell of it or the taste.
Does it have that Stevia aftertaste?
Does it have that Stevia aftertaste?
If you have a pet do NOT let it eat anything with erithritol. It is lethal to some animals.
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