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?

  • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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    8 months ago

    Never heard about it having any health benefits or whatever, it's just a sweetener. Probably not missing much by taking it out of the leaf.