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Weight Loss/Maintenance

noamnety

(20,234 posts)

6. Stevia is a plant you can grow in your garden

Reply to NoJusticeNoPeace (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 30, 2015, 05:41 PM

Mar 2015

and if you bite into just the tiniest little corner of a leaf of it, it seriously tastes like you ate a mouthful of sugar. It's crazy how sweet it is.

Zevia is a brand of soda that uses stevia as a sweetener, the big grocery stores around here carry it, and you might have to look for it in the natural food section if it isn't in the regular soda section. It also has erythritol as a sweetener.

Or you can buy packets of stevia and add it to unsweetened tea yourself. (But I still say you'd be better off just drinking unsweetened beverages.)

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Diet Coke bad...Aspartame bad, right? What do I drink then? [View all] NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 OP

I don't think you'll like the correct answer noamnety Mar 2015 #1

I am already considering that...sweet n low is out too, i guess...at least non sweetened teas NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #2

I drink local lemonade with some good for you sweetener and a dollop of sugar so like 10 calories hollysmom Mar 2015 #3

Help me with these names, is local lemonade a brand or just that you make it at home and NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #4

trader Joe lo cal lemonade. hollysmom Mar 2015 #5

LOL lo cal, i thought local...i dont have a trader joes but we go out of town often where NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #7

Stevia is a plant you can grow in your garden noamnety Mar 2015 #6

Thanks for this too, will look for Zevia NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #8

coffee or tea, make it yourself roody Mar 2015 #9

They make "Diet Coke with Splenda" PennyK Mar 2015 #10

huh? NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #11

Coke Zero is made with Splenda. AwakeAtLast Feb 2021 #32

Diet Rite soda is made with Splenda too TexasBushwhacker May 2015 #16

Ditch the caffeine. noella17 Apr 2015 #12

I beat the Diet Coke habit and found water. Here's what I did: PassingFair May 2015 #13

Thanks for the input, very interesting NoJusticeNoPeace May 2015 #14

Ribena was such a treat for us when we were kids. If we got sick a cold, flue etc auntAgonist Jul 2015 #19

Tonic water won't cut it! PassingFair Jul 2015 #20

try some Topo Chico, they have plain, lime and grapefruit versions yellowdogintexas Jun 2023 #35

The thing about tea TexasBushwhacker May 2015 #15

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2015 #17

I would drink water. PRB Jun 2015 #18

Sweet Leaf Lemon & Lime Unsweet Tea ihaveaquestion Jul 2015 #21

Soda is highly addictive davidpdx Dec 2015 #22

I love Mexican cokes because I crave the acid womanofthehills Dec 2015 #23

Mexican coke is made with sugar, not High Fructose Corn Syrup yellowdogintexas Jun 2023 #36

I've recently cut out all artificial sweeteners spinbaby Jan 2016 #24

I heard and read Rite Aid has diet coke with stevia. classykaren Apr 2016 #25

Coke Zero has Phenylalanine liberal N proud Apr 2016 #26

I switched! BlueTexasMan Sep 2016 #27

Unsweetened ice tea or ice coffee. JonathanRackham Sep 2016 #28

I love Iced coffee, but I have to have some cream in it yellowdogintexas Jun 2023 #37

Be fit aleesiazane Aug 2020 #29

Iced tea. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2020 #30

Making tea isn't difficult PennyK Jan 2021 #31

I had to switch to put in a little bit of sea salt in my coffee to get rid of the bitterness Tribetime Feb 2021 #33

Meh. I drink it. Happy Hoosier Aug 2021 #34

Flavored seltzer water without sweeters or artificial sweeteners....just flavor and carbonation NowsTheTime Sep 28 #38