![]() Stevia is super easy to grow, and I planted mine, and then honestly I completely forgot about it until fall. The first step to making your own stevia extract is either growing the stevia or buying dried stevia leaf. When I wanted to try out stevia, making my own was the obvious choice.īesides, it’s absurdly easy to make your own stevia extract. We make our own backyard maple syrup, and raise bees for honey (and because they’re fun to watch). Why bother making jam, or soap, or your own dinner? For me personally, I like the idea of knowing how to take care of my own needs as much as possible. It may only be flavored with stevia, but it’s still somehow allowed to be labeled “All Natural Stevia.”īeyond knowing what’s in it, I make it for the simple joy of all things DIY. This one, for example, has lab-made erythritol as the first ingredient. While store-bought stevia may say “all-natural,” most brands aren’t just stevia. Why bother though? When you can just buy premade stevia extract? You can actually just grow a stevia plant, in much the same way you’d grow mint or oregano, and then extract the natural calorie-free sweetener. Stevia is the best sweetener for people with diabetes according to Diabetes Strong, and unlike lab-made sweeteners, there’s nothing artificial about it. It’s hard to imagine a green leaf tasting that sweet, but take one nibble of a stevia leaf and it’ll blow your mind. It’s a simple plant that you can grow right in your backyard, just like I did. Artificial sweeteners contain some pretty scary stuff, and they taste downright horrible. ![]() ![]() Sometimes you just need a little bit of sweet, but you could do without the extra calories.
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