Diet Coke Soon to Contain Stevia?

Diet Coke also knows about stevia. It turns out that they have been using it in their products in Japan, Brazil, China and 9 other industrialized countries. Soon they will be introducing it in the United States as "rebiana" (that's short for Stevia Rebaudiana).

Why have they not been able to use it in the United States?? Let's see....does the FDA sound familiar to you? I would think if Coca Cola (the world's largest beverage maker) and Cargill Foods team up, they should be able to convince the FDA to approve this herb as a natural sweetener. We'll just have to wait and see what happens. Here is the original article and a commentary http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2007-05-31-cokecargill_N.htm
http://www.carbwire.com/2007/06/01/could_it_really_happen_diet_coke_with_stevia

I use stevia mostly as a sweetener for drinks right now. Several years ago I played around with it for baking and have several stevia cookbooks. You can't substitute it exactly for sugar in a recipe, so I suggest using a stevia cookbook.

Big Breakfasts Help Shed Pounds

Here's another interesting article about a study that was done comparing people who ate a big breakfast and 1200 calories for the day with those that ate a small breakfast and 1000 calories low carb for the rest of the day.

After 4 months the small breakfast low carb diet group lost a little more weight than the big breakfast group. The 8 month mark was where it got really interesting. The small breakfast group had gained back almost all the weight they had lost and the big breakfast group kept the weight off and lost even more weight! Our bodies are amazing aren't they?

Part of the big breakfast included a protein shake. Here's the one I recommend. This was a sample big breakfast: "a cup of milk, turkey, cheese, two slices of bread, mayonnaise, 1 ounce of chocolate candy, and a protein shake. They could eat the breakfast in stages from the time they got up until 9 a.m."

If you want to read the whole article you can view it here.

10 Best Food You Aren't Eating

The men's health section of WebMD had an interesting article about the 10 best foods to eat. I'm assuming this is for men, but I think women can benefit too. Each of the 10 foods has an explanation of why this food is healthy and how to eat it. I've heard of most of them, but one I have never heard of before. Okay, here are the foods so you don't have to read the article if you don't want to: beets, cabbage, guava, swiss chard, cinnamon, purslane, pomegranate juice, goji berries, dried plums, pumpkin seeds. I can't say that I agree with their choices, but it's fun to read other people's opinions. Hope you enjoy it.
http://men.webmd.com/features/10-best-foods-you-arent-eating

Stevia - My Recommendations

Did you know that stevia is:

- 300 times sweeter than sugar
- has no calories
- can be used by children, diabetics and people with other medical conditions
- has been used around the world for decades
- can be used in baking
- is a great alternative to artificial sweetners

Here are some stevia products you can buy:



For more information about how to cook with stevia, check out these cookbooks:

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Heidi

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