Health Implications ofStevia rebaudiana

Development and storage study of reduced sugar soy containing compound chocolate

“…Slight increase in colour and appearance scores (from 8.6 to 8.7) may be due Ratio (w/w) of WMP, Means followed by different letters differ significantly at 5%, **Significant at 1%, Levels of stevia: Per cent replacement of sugar with stevia, Cocoa butter: soybean oil: Ratio (w/w) of Cocoa butter, Levels of lecithin: Per cent lecithin (w/w) of chocolate mix, s: significant, ns: non-significant, n=3 for hardness and n=10 panelists for sensory evaluation to finer particles of stevia (as compared to ground sugar), over which colour of cocoa solids could easily be dispersed. The flavour scores decreased (p≤0.05) from 8.0 to 6.2 possibly due to slight after taste associated with stevia, which was also reported earlier (Phillips 1989, Tanaka 1997Savita et al 2004). Such after taste hindered the use of stevia beyond 40% level of sugar.…”

Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni: health promoting properties and therapeutic applications

“…2.7 kcal/g dry matter (Savita et al 2004), which is comparable to other low-caloric commercially available intensive sweeteners. Stevia may substitute commonly used sucrose, thus reducing the consumption of simple sugars, which is advisable in the prevention of caries, obesity, type 2 diabetes and other civilisationrelated diseases.…”

“…At the same time, they were advised to slightly modify their diet. Stevia was found to have no effect on blood glucose level, blood pressure, insulin or the lipid profile (Savita et al 2004). In contrast, the hypotensive effect of stevioside was observed in a study by Chan et al (2000) conducted with the participation of 106 women aged 28-75 years suffering from hypertension (diastolic blood pressure 95-100 mm Hg), who for 1 year were administered 0.25 g stevioside three times daily.…”

“…ions to vascular smooth muscle cells, which promotes vasodilation as well as reduces total peripheral resistance and volume of extracellular fluid as a result of increased diuresis and natriuresis (Bugaj et al 2013). Savita et al (2004) conducted studies on the effect of stevia leaf powder on blood glucose level and arterial pressure in six patients with type 2 diabetes and eight patients with arterial hypertension. The participants of the experiment consumed sweet snacks with an addition of stevia leaf powder at 0.5-1.0 g per 100 g final product for 30 days.…”

Domestication of Non-Conventional Crops to Combat Human Health Diseases: A Review on Crop Stevia Rebaudianain View of Pakistan as an Example

“…Genus Stevia, Asteraceae family, comprises about 230 different species involving both annual and perennial herbs, subshrubs and shrubs that mostly grow in mountainous areas, forests, river boarders and dry vallies (Frederico et al, 1996;Guleria & Yadav, 2013).Of these 230 species only two species, S. rebaudiana and S. phlebophylla, possesses the relatively high amount of steviol glycosides (SGs) responsible for the sweet taste (Savita et al, 2004b;Brandle & Telmer, 2007;Prakash et al, 2008;Gupta et al, 2013;Shivanna, 2013;).…”