Did you not read those articles? The thing killing the fruit flies is erithrytol, not stevia itself, and the "stevia side effects" article boils down to "a hell of a lot of what's on the market is adulterated with bad shit, which is actually what's causing the problems." I personally feel much better since switching off other sweeteners.
-- I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
Yesssss, I noted the erithrytol thing. And, I noted that stevia contains erithrytol. Your point?
I'll make my point clear: Nothing on the market is as safe as honey, but if I'm going to consume poison, I'll stick to good old fashioned granulated and/or powdered sugar from sugar cane or sugar beets.
If you have coronaids, honey is as dangerous as rat poison. The more glucose in your system, the harder it is to get vitamin C into your cells where it's being quickly used up.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 15 2020, @11:24PM (5 children)
You should see what that stuff does to ants
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday September 15 2020, @11:45PM (4 children)
Holy crap! No way the wife will quit using it - maybe I should just buy more life insurance on her?
https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/truvia-sweetener-kills-the-sugar-craving-also-bugs-062314.html [consumeraffairs.com]
https://entomologytoday.org/2017/03/28/study-finds-sweeteners-lead-fire-ants-to-a-bitter-end/ [entomologytoday.org]
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/319837#possible-health-risks-and-side-effects-of-stevia-use [medicalnewstoday.com]
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday September 18 2020, @02:13AM (3 children)
Did you not read those articles? The thing killing the fruit flies is erithrytol, not stevia itself, and the "stevia side effects" article boils down to "a hell of a lot of what's on the market is adulterated with bad shit, which is actually what's causing the problems." I personally feel much better since switching off other sweeteners.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday September 18 2020, @02:25AM (1 child)
Yesssss, I noted the erithrytol thing. And, I noted that stevia contains erithrytol. Your point?
I'll make my point clear: Nothing on the market is as safe as honey, but if I'm going to consume poison, I'll stick to good old fashioned granulated and/or powdered sugar from sugar cane or sugar beets.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday September 18 2020, @02:35PM
If you have coronaids, honey is as dangerous as rat poison. The more glucose in your system, the harder it is to get vitamin C into your cells where it's being quickly used up.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 18 2020, @09:46PM
Remind me again, which country exports most of the stevia people ingest? (and ever seen the inside of a stevia production plant?)