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Coca Cola’s Sweet Experiment on YOU!

By on January 6, 2009 in DIET, stevia

As Americans become more calorie-conscious, the search for alternative sweetness intensifies. Recently, Skrewtips reported on the limbo status of the sweetener rebiana. Rebiana is derived from stevia, a plant with a naturally occurring sweetness — it’s the foundation of the Coca Cola Company’s new sweetener, Truvia. In somewhat unsurprising and profit-motivated news, the sweetener has [...]

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Take That Candy from Your Baby and Give Him Something Sweeter

By on August 13, 2007 in DIET

I remember the day I decided to completely remove sugar from my son’s diet. He’d just turned two, and had a fever. We gave him some liquid children’s acetaminophen to bring down his temp. Within seconds of drinking the sweet medicine – my boy stood up, ran into the wall with zooming speed, bumped his [...]

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