Stevia can help treat all disorders related to metabolic syndrome such as obesity, hypertension, and elevated levels of blood sugar and lipids, reveals a new study.
Increasingly popular as a calorie-free sweetener, steviol, as well as other extracts of the Stevia rebaudiana (SR) plant have pharmacological and therapeutic activity, including effects that make them natural alternatives for treating obesity, hypertension, and elevated levels of blood sugar and lipids, all disorders associated with metabolic syndrome.
New Evidence Provides Natural Authenticity of Stevia Sweeteners
Stevia, a zero-calorie, plant-based sweetener that provides consumers with high-purity steviol glycoside sweeteners, as there is no alteration done in the processing.
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‘Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni, acts as a natural alternative in treating diseases that are linked with metabolic syndrome.’
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The potential for using SR extracts to combat this growing public health problem is the focus of a timely article in Journal of Medicinal Food, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.
In the article "Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni: A Natural Alternative for Treating Diseases Associated with Metabolic Syndrome," coauthors Areli Carrera-Lanestosa and Maira Segura-Campos, Autonomous University of Yucatan and Yolanda Moguel-Ordóñez, National Institute for Forest, Agronomic, and Livestock Research, Yucatan, Mexico, review the antiobesity, antihyperglycemic, antihypertensive, and antihyperlipidemic effects reported for the steviol compounds and aqueous and alcoholic extracts derived from the leaves, flowers, and roots of SR.
Source: Eurekalert
Source: Eurekalert
Sugar Substitutes are Not All That Sweet
Participants in a recent study indicated that the non-nutritive sugar substitutes are no sweeter than the real thing, although the substitutes are believed to be more intense that sugar.
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Focus on Traces of Metabolic Syndrome In Kids To Treat Obesity
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