Stevia rebaudiana is a South American plant used to make low- or zero-calorie sweeteners. To date, there’s no clear evidence that stevia causes cancer when used in appropriate amounts. A 2017 ...

Stevia is a sugar alternative. It’s calorie-free and plant-based, but you should still try to limit your intake of any added sugar. Stevia is growing in popularity as a plant-based, calorie-free ...

More recently though, and dating back a few hundred years per one study, South America has been using the leaves of the stevia rebaudiana plant as their version of a sugar substitute.

Stevia. On paper, switching to a plant-based sweetener that’s 200 times sweeter than sugar with zero calories seems like an absolute no-brainer. But what actually is stevia? How does it stack up ...

And then, shortly thereafter, comes the catch: Stevia may be zero-calorie, but it's nowhere near as delicious as real sugar. Actually, it can taste downright awful if you choose the wrong brand.

Erythritol and stevia are low-calorie sweeteners commonly used as sugar replacements. Using erythritol and stevia instead of sugar and other sweeteners, like corn syrup and agave, could support ...

Since its debut in the U.S. market in 2008, stevia has captured the attention of both consumers and nutrition experts. This ...

Monk fruit is a small gourd many people use as a low calorie sweetener. Stevia is a plant leaf extract that people use in the same way. Both monk fruit and stevia may be safe sweeteners for people ...

Stevia, a common coffee sweetener, could be a possible cure for Lyme disease after tests conducted by a Connecticut professor and her students showed it was most effective in treating the tick ...

In a recent study published in Nutrients, researchers investigated the impact of 12 weeks of regular consumption of stevia, non-nutritive sweeteners (NNSs), on the human gut microbiota composition ...