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The
SCD™ Knowledge Base
Stevia
Elaine writes:
Stevia belongs to a family called Terpenoids. According to my book
called The Organic Constitutents of Higher Plants by Trevor Robinson,
2nd edition,
page 158, "This class of glycosides (terpenoids) often have physiological
effects on mammals and microorganisms." Perhaps the affect is
good, perhaps it is bad; I don't know, but its molecular structure
resembles
a steroid. It is not SCD™ legal.
Seth writes:
There are all kinds of steroids. The ones we take for IBD (ie prednisone
which mimicks cortisol) reduce inflammation and scale down the immune
system. But there are steroids that do the opposite. I think the point
is that plant steroids could have any number of effect in humans and
vice versa.
Elaine writes 26/7/04
My present opinion is that its similarity in molecular
structure to a steroid and limited research (on my part into it) results
in my not favoring it as a sweetener. However, if all else fails:
people still afraid of saccharin in spite of my showing that taking
it off the
market was purely political so as to sell aspartame, or that people have
a
phobia about anything made synthetically as saccharin is, in spite of
the
fact that almost 100 years of its use by diabetic specialists proved
its safety - if after all that, these folks still do not want
to use it (and it can be obtained here in Canada under a name
of Hermesitas - then
I say, use stevia which has unknown physiological consequences if they
are
determined to do so. Obviously, they are still afraid of honey in spite
of the fact that Dr. Haas recommended it and I know its chemical
composition and used at the beginning of the diet in small amounts
(and then can be used as desired in larger amounts).
The very people who have scared them away from honey have approved of
grains
which shows that they know little or no biochemistry.
Stevia may be used in
minuscule amounts in supplements. - Elaine 10/11/04
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