The Stevia Story - Part 2

October 27, 2006

I'm a little late in posting this but here it is.

Better late than never as they always say.

THE STEVIA STORY - PART 2

So, if Stevia is so wonderful, why was it BANNED in the USA?

The Monsanto Corp., best known for bastardizing our seeds (CREATING GENETICALLY MODIFIED "FRANKENFOODS:) MANUFACTURING HORMONES GIVEN TO COWS TO INCREASE THEIR MILK PRODUCTION NOW DIRECTLY LINKED TO BREAST CANCER AND PROSTATE CANCER) also reaps billions yearly from the toxic aspartame they produce. Aspartame, Nutrasweet, and Equal are trademarks owned by the Nutrasweet Company, a subsidiary of the Monsanto Corp.

Monsanto vs. Stevia

Aspartame is very sweet. However, roaches won't eat it, cats and dogs won't eat it, ants won't eat it and flies won't eat it ---but the FDA serves it to you with their approval and the approval of the Monsanto Chemical Company. In 1983, researches at MIT surveyed 80 people who suffered brain seizures after eating/drinking products with aspartame. The report stated, "These 80 cases meet the FDS's own definition of an imminent hazard to the public's health, which requires the FDA to expeditiously remove a product from the market."

In 1987, the American Diabetic Association, which receives megafunds from the NutraSweet Company, ignored a 1987 abstract submitted by Dr. H. J. Roberts (world expert on diabetes) summarizing 58 diabetics aspartame reactions. He says, "I now advise all patients with diabetes and hypoblycemia to avoid aspartame products."

The FDA approved aspartame under very suspect circumstances. By their own admission, it is the most complained about substance in their history, with over 10,000 "official" complaints. The FDA, CDC, and many others have proof that aspartame does, in fact, cause brain tumors and seizures. It also releases formaldehyde (embalming fluid) in the body, which is stored in body fat.

On January 10, 1977, FDA Chief Counsel Richard Merriol recommended to US Attorney Sam Skinner, "We request that your office convene a Grand Jury investigation into apparent violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act, 21 U.S.C.31 (e), and the False Reports to the Government Act, 18 U.S.C. 1001, by G.D. Searle and company ....... for concealing material facts and making false statements in reports of animal studies conducted to establish the safety of ... aspartame.

Why was Searle not indicted? Searle's law firm met with Attorney Skinner on January 26. A week later they offered him a job. On April 17 the Justice Department advised Skinner to proceed immediately because of a looming statute of limitations deadline. On July 1, Skinner switched sides to work for Sidney and Austin, Searle's law firm. His successor, Attorney William Conlon, after convening a grand jury, let the Statute of Limitatiions run out on the aspartame charges. Fifteen months later he, too, went to work for Sidney and Austin. All in all, ten ranking FDA or federal officials involved with the investigatiion and regulation of aspartame had left government service for employment by the sweetener industry.

What may have been another "aspartame" biased act the FDA was it's effort to prevent the use of Stevia. Celestial Seasonings, one of the largest tea companies in the world, used Stevia as a flavoring and sweetner in many teas. In 1986, without warning, FDA agents entered their warehouse and seized their entire stock of stevia, and told them they could not use it in their teas. In 1991, the FDA BANNED STEVIA, claiming that in spite of its use worldwide as a sweetener additive with no reported side effects, it was an "unsafe food additive." (Today Stevia is finally approved and on the U.S. market).

Even so, Stevia plants are rare, hard to find, and expensive. Out of approximately 30 catalogs I receive, only one offers Stevia.

For detailed scientific documentation on aspartame: www.dorway.com.

CARE OF STEVIA

The plant grows exceptionally well here in Florida The plants have been prolific all summer. It is a tender perennial and, unless you live in South Florida, keep it in a pot so you can bring it in should there be a freeze warning. It likes full sun and prefers staying on the dry side. Leaves are sweetest in late summer/early fall, just before it flowers. However, I harvest my plants year round. The more you pinch, the bushier they get.

Penny K.

I believe that Stevia is still only allowed to be sold by itself (not mixed with anything else) and that it must be labelled a "dietary supplement" unless sold from a bulk herb bin. I've also been told it is illegal to call it or label it a"Sweetener".

Valorie Shillington727-447-5282ValorieHttp://www.OrganicSolutionsStore.com