Earlier this summer, The World Health Organization’s cancer agency deemed the sweetener aspartame — found in diet soda and countless other foods — a “possible” cause of cancer. Another group found it ...

Stevia rebaudiana is a plant native to South America. The parts of the plant that are sweet are referred to as steviol glycosides. This compound is isolated from the stevia leaves to make the ...

Stevia, also called Stevia rebaudiana, is a plant that is a member of the chrysanthemum family, a subgroup of the Asteraceae family (ragweed family). There’s a big difference between the stevia you ...

The questions: What's the difference between agave syrup and stevia? Are they healthier than sugar? The answer: Many health-conscious people are steering away from refined white sugar, and opting for ...

Stevia may provide more benefits than as a zero-calorie sugar substitute. When fermented with bacteria isolated from banana leaves, stevia extract kills off pancreatic cancer cells but doesn’t harm ...

Medically reviewed by Melissa Nieves, LND Key Takeaways Monk fruit and stevia are both natural and calorie-free sweeteners ...

Heartland Food Products Group, maker of SPLENDA Sweeteners, launched a new, disruptive innovation in the naturals sweetener category: SPLENDA Naturals Stevia Sweetener. The new product has no bitter ...

Is stevia, an extract 300 times more potent than sugar, the no-fat, no-calorie "natural" sweetener that soda and juice lovers have been thirsting for? Since the Food and Drug Administration approved ...

What makes stevia taste so extremely sweet? And how does the sweetener keep our blood sugar level under control? Researchers have discovered that stevia stimulates a protein that is essential for our ...

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-borne ...