Stevia may provide more benefits than as a zero-calorie sugar substitute. When fermented with bacteria isolated from banana leaves, stevia extract kills off pancreatic cancer cells but doesn't harm ...

The FDA had been hesitant to approve stevia, in part because an early study showed that some forms of the extract had negative health effects under certain conditions when consumed in large quantities ...

Credit: Shutterstock Stevia may provide more benefits than as a zero-calorie sugar substitute. When fermented with bacteria isolated from banana leaves, stevia extract kills off pancreatic cancer ...

Last month I connected with Robert Brooke, cofounder of Stevia First — a company that hopes to make stevia—a plant-derived, zero-calorie sweetener—into a viable alternative that’s sweeter, cheaper, ...

A household sweetener could hold the potential to create an anti-cancer treatment. New research from Hiroshima University in Japan revealed that stevia leaf extract could help fight pancreatic cancer ...

image: New research published in the International Journal of Food Science and Technology found steviol glycosides are not altered during the extraction and purification process to make high-purity ...

In the near future, fatty liver disease is projected to become the major reason for liver transplants. A new study in mice has found that stevia extract can improve signs of the condition. Share on ...