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Stevia is a alternative sweetener that's more than 200 times sweeter than conventional sugar.
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The Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) is the amount of a substance that people can consume in food or beverages on a daily basis during their whole life without any appreciable risk to health, per June 2015 research in Nutrition Today. The Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) has set the ADI of stevia extract at 12 milligrams per pound of body weight — or about 10 packets of stevia for a 150-pound person, according to the study.
The Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) has set the ADI of stevia extract at 12 milligrams per pound of body weight — or about 10 packets of stevia for a 150-pound person, according to the study.
