Why is st*via banned?

[19hertz]

Any reason for this?

Everything I read says it is fine.

I buy mine from the internet.

If it poses not danger to diabetics it's great stuff - tastes great.

If it is dangerous could anyone tell me the dangers as I don't want to take anything that's bad for me.

Thanks

19hertz

 

[cugila]

You should check with the UK Food Standards Agency as its sale or import is banned here and they are the relevant Authority. Discussion of it on here is not allowed because of that. You can buy it on the Net and also through other sources.........it is still illegal here.

Extract from a previous locked post on the subject........

The reason that it is banned is because research has shown it to have two rather nasty side-effects. These are
1) it produces effects in the male reproductive system that could affect fertility
2) a component part of Stevia, steviol, is genotoxic (i.e. it causes mutations in DNA).

Food Standards Agency response states:
"Many sweeteners are not allowed to be imported or sold in the UK. This is because sweeteners and other food additives are tightly regulated within the EU and may only be used once their safety has been rigorously assessed. An example of a sweetener that is not allowed to be imported or sold in the UK is Stevioside, which is also known as Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni . This does not have clearance to be marketed in the UK as it is a high intensity sweetener, 250-300 times sweeter than sucrose."

Please be aware of the possible side-effects if you are tempted to try it. There are many much safer alternatives.

If it ever gets unbanned here I am sure that position would no doubt change.

cugila
Forum Monitor

 

[Hobs]

Its probably to do with all the chlorine that is added to make raw sugar into sucralose. It then apparently almost resembles a chlorinated pesticide and therefore something we should not be eating or drinking.