do you trust stevia?

[Drfarxan]

I have past the phase of sugar craving long time ago and i really don't feel the need to eat anything sweet. But a few days ago i got a craving for chocolate and bought one with stevia sweetner. a piece of chocolate was all i needed just for the feeling the whole thing is still in my fridge.
So i thought why not use it to make ice cream too. went to the market and saw all the stevia had around 50-80% carbs. So i was wondering why people suggest that stevia can be used in a low carb diet?

Do any of the members here use it? why is it used by the low carb com if it has high carbs?

ps: i know about other sweetners like erythriol i am just wondering why people suggested stevia before

 

[urbanracer]

I have past the phase of sugar craving long time ago and i really don't feel the need to eat anything sweet. But a few days ago i got a craving for chocolate and bought one with stevia sweetner. a piece of chocolate was all i needed just for the feeling the whole thing is still in my fridge.
So i thought why not use it to make ice cream too. went to the market and saw all the stevia had around 50-80% carbs. So i was wondering why people suggest that stevia can be used in a low carb diet?

Do any of the members here use it? why is it used by the low carb com if it has high carbs?

ps: i know about other sweetners like erythriol i am just wondering why people suggested stevia before

Depending on where you look for information, Stevia is between 100 - 300 times sweeter than table sugar. So even though the nutrition panel may indicate that it's high in carb content, you're not going to need much to get the results you want.

I don't use Stevia myself as I don't like the taste but some of our members do.

 

[fendertele]

Of all the sweeteners i've tried so far it's the one with the least pleasant taste... the after taste is really something lol.

Xylitol has been my favorite so far.