Stevia sweetener should be excluded from the diet of people with low blood pressure, as well as people with gastrointestinal diseases. Polina Vasilyeva, nutritionist, therapist, consultant in laboratory medicine at the Center for Molecular Diagnostics (CMD) of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of the Federal Budgetary Institution Rospotrebnadzor, told socialbites.ca.
Stevia is a plant whose extract is 200-250 times sweeter than sugar due to the glycosides it contains. At the same time, the calorie content of stevia is quite low and does not cause a sudden increase in blood sugar levels. This is important for diabetic patients.
It was believed that stevia consumption could cause infertility, but this has not been scientifically proven. Consuming stevia is not harmful to health unless the person is allergic to stevia or has other diseases.
“Research results showed that regular consumption of stevia extract helps lower blood pressure. Therefore, it should not be used by people with a tendency to low blood pressure or people with gastrointestinal system diseases. The nutritionist said that a negative effect of stevia on the human body is possible if the permissible consumption rate (4 mg per 1 kg of body weight per day) is exceeded.
used to be a doctor refutedIt was stated that Stevia has been removed from the list of permitted food additives in Russia.