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How to Grow Stevia

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

Create your own free unlimited supply of natural sweetener: watch the video or read how to grow stevia outdoors in a climate zone where it freezes in winter.

Easy instructions for growing stevia at home on a warm and bright window sill indoors or in pots outdoors. How to grow stevia indoors From all Stevia species found in the Americas, only Stevia Rebaudiana has a sweet taste. The fresh leaves do have a bitter aftertaste. This subtropical plant grows in the wild in [...]

Stevia Rebaudiana or Sweetleaf

Stevia Rebaudiana bertoni:
dried sweet leaves

Stevia is a South American plant that has been used for ages as a sweetener by the Guarani Indians of Paraguay. The leaves of the small, green Stevia rebaudiana herb, commonly known as sweetleaf, sweet leaf, sugarleaf, or simply stevia, have a refreshing and delicious taste that can be 30 times sweeter than sugar.

Unadulterated Stevia products can be safely used by both hypoglycemics and diabetics.

Some Stevia extracts may have a bitter or licorice-like aftertaste at high concentrations. The higher the content of 'Rebaudioside A', the lower the bitterness.

Findings of WHO and MayoClinic

The MayoClinic stresses that the FDA doesn't recognize the whole plant as being safe, but only highly refined stevia extractions which by itself still could cause nausea or a fullness feeling.

Our summarized findings can be read to their full extend in a study found in the library of the World Health Organization.

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How to Grow Stevia

Growing Stevia

Stevia Rebaudiana or Sweetleaf

Findings of WHO and MayoClinic

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