Stevia

[Bazile]

Is there any reason not to switch to this product , over artifical sweetners ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22758059


//We don't know how the body responds to being primed for an influx of sugar that it never receives, he adds. "It may be that it fools your brain into thinking that it needs to release more insulin," Lustig suggests, potentially negating any supposed weight-loss benefits. //

Can anyone explain that more clearly please ?

[Old_Geezer]

I used to use it then someone on the Net said it was unhealthy and I beleived them, so stopped. Now it seems to have become main stream. Can no longer see any reason not to use it any more or less than other sweeteners.

We do know more or less what happens. The brain realises it's been fooled and tends to get you to crave eating something else, much like any sweetener. They aren't miracle products, merely an aid to staying/getting slim.

[Old_Geezer]

*believed* like I always type.

[pastafreak]

If you keep giving your body sweet things,it will continue to crave them...so you are not really doing yourself any good. Better to cut back on sweet stuff full stop.

[Bazile]

Old_Geezer

Did you know that there are over 165 words , where the 'i' before 'e' , except after 'c' rule does not apply?

I sure you do - you strike me as a wise old man :-)

[Old_Geezer]

I watch QI ;-)

I think most commonly used words with that pairing probably conform to the rule though. One tends to recall the few in common use that aren't.

Unfortunately one of the many common errors between me and my PC of late, is to put them in the wrong order every, or almost every blessed time. Yet another piece of grit in life's vaseline.

[heathfield]

"The BBC trivia show QI claimed there were 923 words spelled cie, 21 times the number of words which conform to the rule's stated exception by being written with cei."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_before_E_except_after_C