Thank you for that Anne.

I've been doing some research and am hoping I might have found someone in this country who supplies stevia in plant form. Watch this space...!

Sucralose (AKA Splenda) and aspartame are two products with too many health risks attached for me to be prepared to try them, though I do appreciate many folk are very happy they exist! Its taken me this long to find something which sorts the ME and hypoglycaemia out... I'm not about to risk taking something else on in their place!

There's a couple of interesting articles on Splenda at http://www.holisticmed.com/splenda/ and http://www.mercola.com/2000/dec/3/sucralose_dangers.htm, with some follow up articles on sweeteners in general at http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/ for those who are interested.

Of course, my "sugar" intake being on much the same level as yours (the only thing I ever had with sugar was coffee, and I've got rather fond of the taste without now!), watch as any stevia plant I buy becomes nothing more than a pretty ornament!

Meanwhile... thank you for the nudge about my weight record! Blame the heat; I'd meant to change all three...