On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:38:54 -0500, Omelet >
wrote:

>In article >,
> Landon > wrote:
>
>> The testing that anti-soy folks like to flaunt is done with gross
>> exaggeration of amounts. The typical amount used for testing is FIVE
>> TIMES what a typical soy eater uses per/day.
>
>I found out the same thing about Aspartame... I know some people are
>sensitive to it (I don't think there is a single substance or food out
>there that SOMEbody does not have a sensitivity to!) but I like
>Aspartame and have gone back to using it.
>
>Splenda raises my glucose levels! That tells me that it being
>non-nutrative (calorie free) is an abject lie.
>
>I can't stand Stevia. Tastes like Sacharrin to me.
>
>There is a lot of testing out there that is badly done. The testers are
>using huge amounts of said substance that is unrealistic for most normal
>people that eat a widely varied diet.

I've seen testing on Aspartame where ridiculous amounts were used.
Like 5 thousand times the normal usage. I agree with you.

Splenda jacks my glucose levels just as much as regular cane sugar
does. Splenda, after all IS sugar.

I'm one of the lucky ones with Stevia. It tastes exactly like cane
sugar to me. I've watched new users of it who used WAY too much from
ignorance of it and were turned off on it because they said it was
disgustingly sweet. Well DUH! Crack me up.

Stevia has been used by South Americans for literally hundreds of
years with absolutely no evidence showing that is caused any harm to
their societies or any banning or halting of use for any reasons. It
didn't affect population levels and it hasn't shown any problems in
the artifacts examined.

My advice to new users of Stevia; use much less when you try it. It's
strength will surprise you. It is 30 times as sweet as cane sugar.
Even the packets should be used in lesser quantities.

Have someone do a double blind test with you as the subject. Mix 6
numbered glasses of iced tea and put Stevia into 2 of them, Aspartame
in two and cane sugar in two. Have that person hold the card
identifying each numbered glass and a third person present the drinks.
When you come back into the room, tell them which two have the Stevia
in them.

Do the same test three times and the results will be all over the
place. Most dislike of Stevia is pre-judgment based misinformation
that the person has been told.

Double blind testing proves the results with no personal input or
prejudice possible.

Of course, IF you are one of the few people who can really taste the
difference without even knowing that you're drinking it, then that
also would prove that you are able to taste the difference without it
being a he-said-she-said result.