Stevia

[Rockerforlife]

In the late 1980s an "anonymous firm" lodged a "trade complaint" with the FDA about Stevia when it started to surface in the United States. One company using stevia was the Celestial Seasonings herbal tea company. They were ordered by the FDA to stop producing tea "adulterated" with Stevia. Traditional Medicinals, another tea company, had their inventory of Stevia teas confiscated during an unexpected FDA raid and were told the tea would be burned.

Why did the government treat Stevia like a controlled substance? FDA documents call Stevia a "dangerous food additive" even though the safety of Stevia has been widely tested for many years by scientists in Japan. The FDA will not reveal who made the "trade complaint" (despite the Freedom of Information Act) though many suspect that it was the makers of the artificial sweetener Aspartame (aka "Nutrasweet") trying to fend off competition, as the artificial sweetener is very profitable.




http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/3449/1/Naturally-Sweet-and-Healthy---The-Wonders-of-Stevia.html

[bandman54]

Good for you!

"The government does not serve the people...the American people serve the government."

true dat!

I just like for people to be up front, thanks!

bandman

[ladywhy]

"Lady - if there is problem, run for office, vote, do whatever it takes to change things."

I do vote....."run for office"...ain't gonna happen, especially in the midst of tx. I just added my 2 cents...hope that's ok with you, and if not...that's ok too.

That IS still  my right as an American.

...and as a world traveller, I know that being an American is a blessing. I believe people have been blinded and most citizens seem unaware of the many basic rights we have lost...and continues (not JUST because of the current administration), so I am concerned.

...and I am all for Stevia...if I could just remember to pick it up at Trader Joe's...
...and I will say....I am not a socialist, nor a communist...I  defiantly (sic) am into democracy.

[jdwithhcv]

"When you guys say that you are not getting into politics and then say someone is making too much money, "it cuts in on there profits"you are getting into politics.  But you deceive by saying, we are not getting into politics.... you are promoting your own agenda and it is called socialism.

But you never will come out and say it , will you?"
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RIGHT ON!!!

jd

[bandman54]

ps - I use stevia... some company is making a profit from my purchase of stevia.

Are they making too much profit?   Maybe they should share that profit with the people?
Are the people entitled to a companies profit?  Only if they are shareholders.

bandman

[bandman54]

Rockerforlife,

Yep, your a socialist.... why don't you just say it.

I am a capitalist.

Study your history,  socialism, communism never works.  Failures every time

To just blanketly call them hypocrites is ludicrous... how many people do you know that work for the pharms?  How many ceo's do you know?  How many company presidents do you know?  answer - zero, zero, zero.

Lady - if there is problem, run for office, vote, do whatever it takes to change things.

Utopian, free societies never worked either.

I am afraid that the most successful (historically speaking) societies that man can come up with are democracy and capitalism.

When you guys say that you are not getting into politics and then say someone is making too much money, "it cuts in on there profits"you are getting into politics.  But you deceive by saying, we are not getting into politics.... you are promoting your own agenda and it is called socialism.

But you never will come out and say it , will you?

bandman

[Rockerforlife]

i wont get into politics or religion....im just for the people...i vote for the "green party" here in Canda....we have liberals and conseratives  here as our main two forms of govt...btw....i have nothing against anyone making money,but FDA seems too...why is do they knock stevia and other products that do heal?...and finally give in and say its ok later....hypocrites they are i tell you....