On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 11:29:03 -0700, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>"Evelyn" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On 11 Mar 2012 14:37:17 GMT, adiabic > wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 06:46:52 -0700, Robert Miles wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sunday, March 11, 2012 7:10:12 AM UTC-5, adiabic wrote:
>>>>> I found a Stevia product, called 'Natrena Stevia'.
>>>>> Now this sounds like stevia, as in 0 calories en GI = 0, but when I
>>>>> read the ingredients, I saw there's 97% carbohydrates in it as
>>>>> 'Maltodextrin'.
>>>>> So what is the resulting GI compared to using the same amount of table
>>>>> sugar (sucrose)?
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried to find out and read
>>>>> http://www.pcosupport.org/newsletter...le121008-3.php which
>>>>> says the GI of maltodextrin is between 106 and 136.
>>>>> Now this 'Natrena Stevia' says on the label that for every weight of
>>>>> sugar, one needs 1/8th of 'Natrena Stevia', which, I think, makes the
>>>>> GI of this product effectively ranging from 106/8=13 to 136/8=17 wheras
>>>>> the GI of table sugar (sucrose) is 65.
>>>>>
>>>>> This means only a factor of improvement between 3.8 and 5 which in my
>>>>> opinion is not very sensational. I mean, Stevia itself has GI = 0, so
>>>>> why did they ever mix the maltodextrin in?
>>>>>
>>>>> Bad move if you ask me.
>>>>
>>>> They needed to put SOMETHING in to make it granular, and to make it
>>>> occupy about the same space as the sugar it replaces. I agree that
>>>> maltodextrin was not a very good choice of what to put in.
>>>
>>>Wasn't it better to make drops then? Something like: "Every drop is
>>>equivalent to 1 teaspoon sugar.
>>>By the way, I didn't buy it, do you know if they have solved the
>>>'licorice taste' problem?
>>
>>
>> You can get it in a health food store in a tincture form.
>>
>> I absolutely hate the taste. If I must use a sweetener I use Splenda.
>> Evelyn
>
>I don't find the liquid to have a taste at all, just sweetness, but everyone
>varies and I used to hate the powdered Stevia. Splenda leaves a really nasty
>aftertaste to me, so I use Nutra-Sweet powder, and Sweetz-Free for cooking.
>However, I'm finding that the Sweetz-Free is starting to have a bit of an
>aftertaste too. I imagine tastes change or something.
>
>Cheri


Cheri, my brother cannot STAND the taste of Splenda either. I like it
and find it has no aftertaste at all. But my brother is also used to
using nutra-sweet (Equal) in soda, coffee, etc. It seems that the
people who are used to the taste of Nutra sweet are the ones who most
dislike the taste of Splenda.

Strange... but it is that way.

Evelyn