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What is this current obsession with stevia? It has a very strong, pretty much unpalatable taste that even strong espresso can't mask.
by wobbleblob 11y ago
What is this current obsession with stevia? It has a very strong, pretty much unpalatable taste that even strong espresso can't mask.
- ktRolster 11y agoIt's natural, as opposed to unnatural things like sucralose and aspartame. In the current zeitgeist, 'natural' is assumed to be better.
- wobbleblob 11y agoAll natural, like arsenic, botulinum toxin, elephant seal blubber, corpse ichor and dying in child birth...
- venomsnake 11y agoSince "eat less" for weight control is too hard, we are on constant search for stuff we can stuff ourselves with with minimum weight gain.
- briHass 11y agoThere seems to be a genetic component to how we perceive the taste of some of these artificial sweeteners [1]. Personally, I also think stevia is gross -- bitter and metallic aftertaste. The best AS for me is sucralose (Splenda). I can't tell it apart from sugar. I've also never seen any results about it that would concern me, and it's been studied more than almost anything else we eat. [1] http://news.psu.edu/story/284556/2013/08/20/research/multiple-genes-manage-how-people-taste-sweeteners http://news.psu.edu/story/284556/2013/08/20/research/multipl...
- wobbleblob 11y agoIt may also be a matter of getting used to it. Oddly enough, after so many years, I don't like the taste of sugar any more, it seems 'off'. Aspartame is fine.