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Scientists Supercharge Sugar Substitute – And It Starts Killing Cancer

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-supercharge-sugar-substitute-and-it-starts-killing-cancer/

The ironic coincidence is that I just began growing and using stevia as a sugar replacement this year. Stevia is 50 to 300 times sweeter than sugar.

It is a plant from South America that is just beginning to be grown as a farm crop in the USA.

1 posted on 07/22/2025 11:52:50 PM PDT by tired&retired
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https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-supercharge-sugar-substitute-and-it-starts-killing-cancer/


2 posted on 07/22/2025 11:53:55 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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There are several Stevia plant strains. I grow and use the Bertoni strain as it is far sweeter.

If I put more than about 1/8 tsp. in my coffee, it is too sweet to drink.


4 posted on 07/22/2025 11:59:02 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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Interesting. I stopped using Stevia in lieu of sugar years ago (pre covid era) because “it causes cancer”.

I guess it’s all in who’s selling it.


5 posted on 07/23/2025 3:26:00 AM PDT by Semper Vigilantis (Caution: When you bring them here you also bring there here.)
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Wow.

Does the patient STILL get a migraine from it?

I - and a double handful of my “headache patients” - all get severe migraines after eating Stevia.

Yeah, yeah, I know, Stevia is “natural,” well, so too is Foxglove, Hemlock, Oleander and Castor beans.


6 posted on 07/23/2025 3:27:30 AM PDT by normbal (normbal. Non-native Tennessean.)
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I think I remember reading how there’s a store bought version that’s cut with a dangerous filler chemical.


7 posted on 07/23/2025 3:41:47 AM PDT by Bayard
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Bkmrk


15 posted on 07/23/2025 6:33:50 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Uncle Sugar" is being audited and having an enema.)
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I don’t find it sweeterthan sugar, but it’s close to sugar. Problem is the bitterness. I use it but only for baking and not for direct eating like sweetening strawberries.


18 posted on 07/23/2025 12:03:35 PM PDT by PrairieLady2 (USA: Land of the free, Because of the Brave.)
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