Plant Calorie-Free Stevia Natural Sweetener With Multiple Benefits

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Plant calorie-free Stevia Natural Sweetener with Multiple Benefits
Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) is a natural sweetener alternative to sugar and artificial sweeteners made from a shrub native to Paraguay and Brazil. Also known as Sweet Grass. Its use is very old as a sweetener in these regions, Guarani Indians. Even in countries like Japan is generalized use. Today, accounting for 41%of the sweeteners consumed. The leaves of the plant are 30 times sweeter than sugar and the extract approximately 200 times. Stevia has multiple qualities are varied presentations and is a natural sweetener without calories that provides many benefits.
The qualities of stevia are multiple. The most important and remarkable is that it is calorie-free or that has no calories. The sweet tasteof the plant is due to a glycoside called stevioside, composed of glucose, and rebaudioside, Buchanan (2001). Stevia in its natural form is 15 times sweeter than table sugar (sucrose). And the extract is 100 to 300 times sweeter than sugar. It is recommended for weight loss because it reduces food cravings stevia plus it also decreases the desire or appetite for taking sweets and fats. Clinicallynot reported side effects of any kind, such as mutagenic effects or other effects that harm health.
Stevia comes in different ways, the leaves are used as tea or mix with other herbs as a sweetener. In some countries it is sold in powder or as tea bags and 30 times sweeter than sugar. The concentrated aqueous solution of Stevia is a practical way to take longer than 2 droplets of infusion ismore than sufficient. Sweetened, at this concentration, 70 times more than sugar. The active substance isolated from the plant known as stevioside concentrate Ascon (2008) increases their ability to sweeten (200 times more than sugar) but deprives us of other medicinal properties of stevia. The dried leaves of stevia contain about 42% of water-soluble substances so

sweetens more mixed withliquids. Stevia can be used at all, as in the cereal, baked goods, cookies, soft drinks and any food preparation. Maintains its flavor stability at high and low temperatures, does not ferment and is soluble in water, ethyl and methyl alcohol.
By comparison, 1 cup sugar equivalent to 1 ½ to 2 tablespoons of fresh herb or powder ¼ teaspoon of extract in addition to enhancing the aroma of tea orwhere food is added. Delays the onset of plate cavities, so they are also used to make mouthwashes and as a component of the toothpaste. You can add a droplet of the toothpaste as a liquid sweetener. Stevia is a mild hypertensive because it lowers blood pressure that is too high. Among other qualities of improving gastrointestinal functions. It can help in the detoxification of snuff and alcohol,as stevia tea reduces the desire for these two toxins. And among other prevents and inhibits the growth of bacteria and infectious organisms and to improve resistance to colds and flu.
Stevia is ideal for diabetics because it regulates glucose levels in the blood. It does not affect blood sugar levels, however, studies have demonstrated hypoglycemic properties and improve glucose tolerance andthat is why it is recommended for diabetic patients. In some countries even used as a treatment for diabetes and improve that appears to regulate insulin levels, Nanissara (2006). It is also powerful because of its antibiotic activity, especially against the bacteria E. coli, staphylococci aureus and Corynebacterium difteriae as well as the fungus Candida albicans vaginitis producer frequent inwomen. Beneficial effects on the absorption of fat and blood pressure.
According to a report by the International Diabetes Institute, published in Helsinki, Iturralde (2009), this disease affects about 135 million people worldwide, with a predicted 300 million by 2025 by the World Health Organization. Diabetes, kills 3 million people a year, becoming

epidemic in some countries is the...
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