My parents texted me about this “zevia” soda shit that’s sweetened with stevia extract which is supposedly 0 calories, thus healthy. but knowing other “diet” sodas that doesn’t mean its good for you, and i can’t find any studies on the effects of it and i’m super confused. apparently indigenous people would use the whole leaf as a sweetener, but the extract may be different? is it a fruit juice situation, where removing the rest of the leaf removes all of the healthy shit? does anybody know?
IDK, but FYI the asapartame carcinogen meme from 2023 was yet another example of health news misinfo. It was classified as a Group 2B possible carcinogen, making it as possibly carcinogenic as coffee, and less carcinogenic than being a fry cook…
Oh thank you good to know. I got freaked out about it and started trying to use it much less.