Stevia

Stevia does well with me. I have order many different types, even the whole plant and ground the leaves myself, lol. Stevia in itself is not an artificial sweetener. It doesn't come from an artificial plant, so I would not even consider grouping it with the lab made sweeteners. You just have to watch how and what it is processed with. Just like maple syrup, honey, agave nectar.... etc. The more processing it goes through the farther away from natural it becomes. Delicious topic!!

Stevia is awesome....don't be fooled by Truvia which has Stevia in it cuz it also contains sugar and other added garbage in it...use straight Stevia, othewise you're wasting your $$$$. A teeny weeny bit of Stevia goes a loooooooooong way (literally), if you add too much Stevia to anything, it will have a bitter taste...it's known to be 300-400 times sweeter than sugar, it's recommended for diabetics as well, it's calorie free, research it and you'll find out more.  Stevia is 100% natural, extracted from the Stevia plant.

I've tried Stevia as I wanted to reduce the calories from using real sugar ... I personally think it tastes vile and on par with the artificial sweeteners which I cannot tolerate ... now it is back to the "raw" sugar for me.

I have not had any issues with Stevia and my UC. Like the others said, do not use Truvia. I prefer Stevia from Sweetleaf Organics. It is all natural.