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Stevia products at tea time can save 1000 calories per week

Thursday, 26 April 2012 6:42 AM

In the UK we get through a staggering 165 million cups of tea every day, with the average tea drinker having four cups each and every day. 

Steviana, the new alternative to sugar derived from the stevia plant, can help you save 128kcals per day when you swap your daily two sugars for the natural sweetener. That adds up to almost 1,000kcals per week.

Stevia is a small shrub grown largely in Argentina and Paraguay that has been used for centuries by the indigenous population to sweeten their food and drink. The leaves are steeped in water, in a similar way to making tea, and the end product is then purified to provide a calorie free sweet taste. Several stevia based products have hit the market recently. Steviana is available at health food stores or from www.superfoodstm.co.uk and costs £6.99 for 100 tablets.

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