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



Yes, it is strange, but so true. I used to wonder if maybe different
medications and things caused things to taste different, like NyQuil at
times makes things taste really salty to me.

Cheri