Aint u sweet?

Hoho..the price of sugar became an issue again ne...well, i dont really have an interest in going to the details of the issue...sugar is sure good to be added into something bitter right. there's a say something like "sugaring the pills..." and many more. so the function is just to wash away the bitterness. but if u can stand the bitterness, then u dont have to use sugar at all. insyallah you will be diabetes-free :). but i cant stand the bitterness!! that's why i must have sugar...and maybe extra...erks...that's no good. for a healthy diet, you are recommended for only 75gram of sugar only per day...so? how's ur daily sugar intake? mine is worst :(. i need to practice more bitterness in my life...ekeke. well, there's a plant called stevia. click the name if u wanna know more on it.



This stevia has garnered attention with the rise in demand for low-carbohydrate, low-sugar food alternatives. Medical research has also shown possible benefits of stevia in treating obesity and high blood pressure (source: wikipedia).

wow, that's great ne. but why on earth did we not use it?? japan had used it a long time ago. well, the answer was that it was banned in US in year 1991. it was said to have toxin and has a mutagen presence. but it was controversial and was debated. however, recently, in December 2008, the FDA gave a "no objection" approval for GRAS status to Truvia (developed by Cargill and The Coca-Cola Company) and PureVia (developed by PepsiCo and the Whole Earth Sweetener Company, a subsidiary of Merisant), both of which are wholly-derived from the Stevia plant (source: wikipedia). since japan had used it a long time ago, and had no issues with obesity (the worldwide phenomena of diet-related disease), why dont we have a try??

but, somehow it may have an impact to the US since they are currently the world largest sugar tradeholder. hoho...think about it....