Copyright 1995 Please note, we are leaving off the artwork of the first issue, as a courtesy to our blind members. This newsletter is a service of the Medical Support SIG at Delphi and consists of contributions from the membership. I thought those with diabetes may be interested and maybe you would like this for the newsletter.
Stevia is a Brazilian shrub also cultivated in the orient and used in many countries as a sweetener.
It is used in South America to help diabetics. I have endorsed aspartame, the synthetic sweetener you know as NutraSweet and Equal, as perfectly safe for general use. I have studied volumes of information and talked with dozens of informed people. Aspartame has resulted in irreversible brain damage in lab animals. The FDA approved aspartame for human consumption based on the argument that the amino acids are safe and that methanol, when consumed in this small quantity, is harmless.