I've been following this thread and wondering why people are not using birch bark extract xylitol? Thanks. PT
________________________________ From: Sara Mandal-Joy <smjl...@wavewls.com> To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, September 27, 2012 9:48:57 AM Subject: CS>Re: Sugar was // Re: bladder, Many health food stores don't bother to carry the green/brown leaves or powder. It has a licorice taste, and is harder to use in cooking/baking, though it is often a perfect addition to a cup of tea. I get mine from vitaglo, NOW brand. Fairly inexpensive, certainly so compared to the cost of the processed stuff. I'm sure you can get it bulk as well from a variety of herbal folks online. Important thing is you're looking for something described as brown and/or green, and speaks of the leaves or powdered leaves, rather than "extract". And for those looking for the white/processed extract, make SURE it is pure stevia, or at least that you are comfortable with the other ingredients. Some folks use erythritol (an alcohol sugar, used in any amount will give you the runs); most use maltodextrin - which to me is a poison. particularly if the brand of "stevia" you are using says it is measures like sugar, you are looking at something that is only slightly stevia. Pure processed stevia extract has a sugar equivalency of one teaspoon stevia= one cup of sugar. Sara What's a good source of the "real stevia"? >Olushola > > >On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 1:05 AM, Sara Mandal-Joy <smjl...@wavewls.com> >wrote: > >... BUT "real" stevia, the whole leaf or powdered green/brown hard > >to dissolve stevia - this is used as a pancreatic tonic, doesn't >have >the same insulin boost, as the whole herb mediates the oversweet >sensation, and does moderate blood glucose levels. In South America >it is used as a primary treatment for diabetes. > >> >
