[AM1VV9r6]

Has anyone tried it?
I bought it the other day, because the commercials totally convinced me that it was superior/better for you than other no-cal sweeteners.
Without thinking I assumed it would be roughly the same as splenda... BUT when I got home and looked at the nutrition facts, it said 3 carbs (0 calories).
Any thoughts? Should I count it as 3, if I do use it? THANKS

[ClorrerVeks]

I checked it out for you... it didn't make sense to me that it had 3 grams of carb but no calories, because each gram of carb has 4 calories. No way a product with 12 calories could be labeled zero calories per serving.

So... here is what I found. The carbs in Truvia come from erythritol. Note the "tol" on the end. This is a good indication that it's probably a sugar alcohol. BINGO! It is. Here's a description of erythritol:

"Erythritol is the sugar alcohol (polyol) that has the least impact on blood sugar. Erythritol has almost zero calories, carbs, and glycemic index. The reason is a bit different that most sugar alcohols, which are only partially absorbed in the small intestine. Most (60-90%) of the erythritol is absorbed into the blood, but is then excreted in the urine. Because of this, erythritol tends to produce much less intestinal distress than other sugar alcohols."

Since most people don't absorb most of the sugar alcohols most people can deduct these sugar alcohol carbs from the total. Of course, if you use this product and find yourself craving you might be one of the few whose body can more efficiently digest and use sugar alcohols. Just pay attention to how it makes you feel after you eat it. There's also a new limit on artificial sweeteners on the Atkins website. They now say no more than 3 packets of AS per day. So you should probably limit the Truvia as well.

If you're being VERY specific on carb intake, you could count the Truvia carbs at a rate of 10 - 40% of the sugar alcohol carbs, since they say 60-90% of them are absorbed and then excreted. That would be .3 to 1.2 carbs per serving.

Here's a link to the Truvia nutrition label if anyone wants to see what I'm talking about.

http://www.truvia.com/ingredients.html

[MauroDarudo]

do NOT buy anything but concentrated stevia!!! make sure there aren't any additives - i suggest the liquid.......

[ClorrerVeks]

I have the liquid Stevia. I comes in a little bottle with a dropper. I have to say, I don't like it. It's hard to get just one drop at a time and anymore than that it's icky. Actually, it's icky with just one drop. Too bad because that stuff is EXPENSIVE.

Tril

[Almolfuncomma]

I think the benifit of stevia has more to do with body pH. This page has a good explanation of it:

http://www.naturalhealthschool.com/acid-alkaline.html

Looking at the table on the bottom of that page you can see that Stevia is the most alkaline sweetner which could be of benifit if you have an acidic being. However if following atkins, looking at other foods in that table, I don't think an acidic pH would be a major concern.

Stevia I read somewhere is also supposed to have a detox type property as well. I'll see if I can dig something up.

[AM1VV9r6]

woah! thanks for all the replies. i appreciate all the information. i will check out the website.