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Any stevia users here? Never liked the taste of aspartame (sucralose is okay) but if the docs start pondering whether or not stevia has links to cancer, I might

by branon 3y ago

Any stevia users here? Never liked the taste of aspartame (sucralose is okay) but if the docs start pondering whether or not stevia has links to cancer, I might be nervous. I drink a lot of the stuff.

candiddevmike 3y ago
There's a soda in the US called Zevia that uses Stevia. It's incredible, tastes just like regular soda (they have all the major name brand flavor equivalents), and it's clear which is kinda trippy (something that looks like sparkling water but instead tastes like dark syrupy root beer). It also mixes just like the real thing if you're looking for sugar-free mixed drinks.
- adamsmith143 3y ago
  Gotta disagree there, tried Zevia after hearing this kind of praise but I find it just as bad as typical sugar-free sodas. Ymmv.
  - branon 3y ago
    Oh no! I've been drinking Zevia daily for almost a year now and it 100% replaces conventional HFCS soda for me. We haven't had Coke in the house since we discovered Whole Foods sells 12-pack cases of Zevia in all flavors. My favorites are cherry cola and Dr. Zevia, with cream soda and root beer very close behind. Some flavors are caffeinated, others non-caffeinated, and I'm just as subject to caffeine addiction as I am to sugar, so the option to keep some of the spice flowing is nice. The only flavor that didn't cut it was the mtn dew flavor, can't really replicate that particular beverage without all the bad ingredients so it fell a bit flat. The other drink that's good are the carbonated sucralose drinks in the tall plastic containers. They sell under a few brands, most often Sparkling Ice or Sparkling Frost. There is also powdered and liquid drink additive, sold as Stur (stevia), PurAqua (sucralose), and True Lemon (cane sugar + stevia) - no carbonation here, but fine in a pinch. Hydration comes into play. I drink a lot of this stuff figuring hey, the first ingredient is water, so I probably don't need to drink as much water, right? But my lips still get chapped if I don't have at least one glass of pure water a day.
    - adamsmith143 3y ago
      Felt like the Cola flavor was the worst of them all, maybe I have a too strong bias that a Cola should mostly taste like Coke or something. Anyway, I've settled on sparkling waters like Bubly/Lacroix which hit the fizzy fruity drink thing well enough for me.

by branon 3y ago

candiddevmike 3y ago

There's a soda in the US called Zevia that uses Stevia. It's incredible, tastes just like regular soda (they have all the major name brand flavor equivalents), and it's clear which is kinda trippy (something that looks like sparkling water but instead tastes like dark syrupy root beer). It also mixes just like the real thing if you're looking for sugar-free mixed drinks.

adamsmith143 3y ago
Gotta disagree there, tried Zevia after hearing this kind of praise but I find it just as bad as typical sugar-free sodas. Ymmv.
- branon 3y ago
  Oh no! I've been drinking Zevia daily for almost a year now and it 100% replaces conventional HFCS soda for me. We haven't had Coke in the house since we discovered Whole Foods sells 12-pack cases of Zevia in all flavors. My favorites are cherry cola and Dr. Zevia, with cream soda and root beer very close behind. Some flavors are caffeinated, others non-caffeinated, and I'm just as subject to caffeine addiction as I am to sugar, so the option to keep some of the spice flowing is nice. The only flavor that didn't cut it was the mtn dew flavor, can't really replicate that particular beverage without all the bad ingredients so it fell a bit flat. The other drink that's good are the carbonated sucralose drinks in the tall plastic containers. They sell under a few brands, most often Sparkling Ice or Sparkling Frost. There is also powdered and liquid drink additive, sold as Stur (stevia), PurAqua (sucralose), and True Lemon (cane sugar + stevia) - no carbonation here, but fine in a pinch. Hydration comes into play. I drink a lot of this stuff figuring hey, the first ingredient is water, so I probably don't need to drink as much water, right? But my lips still get chapped if I don't have at least one glass of pure water a day.
  - adamsmith143 3y ago
    Felt like the Cola flavor was the worst of them all, maybe I have a too strong bias that a Cola should mostly taste like Coke or something. Anyway, I've settled on sparkling waters like Bubly/Lacroix which hit the fizzy fruity drink thing well enough for me.