Thu, Jul-24-03, 12:24
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Plan: Healthy eating/lifestyle
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says ALL the clear liquid stevia products are bleached first?? Geez Wandy, you are such a pain in the arse! Ya just can't leave well-enough alone!!
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 I read that site before but never thought about it b/c I don't use the liquid. I e-mailed Stevita about this.
Well, since I'm already being a pain in the arse, I'm not even sure that FOS is really a great idea. I'm having a crisis of conscience. I've read bad things about them as well as good things. The naysayers say bottomline is that chicory root is refined, just like sugar cane. I might have to do some more investigating.
The trademark inulins scare me a bit. Not sure what they are all about and they market themselves the same as FOS. It seems that the original stevia industry was health conscious, but now that stevia is becoming more popular with a demand for stevia blends, the money-mongers are coming from out of the woodwork trying to make a buck, health be damned. Hopefully I'm wrong in that assessment.
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These folks say theirs is "bleached" with citric acid
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Jinxy, yep that's why it's a good idea to check with the company if it doesn't say "unbleached" on the packet. It could be beige colored and you'd assume it's natural when in fact it's a dye. The only thing that tells you for certain is if it's labelled "unbleached".
Wanda
Last edited by wcollier : Thu, Jul-24-03 at 14:33.
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