Though it has been around for a number of years, Stevia is not widely used in the US. The Stevia plant (Stevia rebaudiana) contains several compounds, including stevioside and rebaudiosides that are from about 50 to 450 times sweeter than sugar. There are many different species of Stevia plant is found in South and Central [...]
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The Natural Sweetener, Stevia, May Have Health Benefits
March 15, 2010 – 11:46 am
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Perhaps Women Will Soon Live Even Longer Than Men?
October 3, 2009 – 1:19 pm
Women already have a longer life expectancy than men. Recent research has found that inactivating a protein in mice makes all the mice healthier and the female mice live longer. Male mice, though healthier, did not live significantly longer. The National Center for Health Statistics reports that, in 2006, women had a 5 year greater [...]
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