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Stevia "Discovered" by the Spanish Conquistadors

Modern scientific interest in the Stevia plant dates to the early 1900’s. It was "discovered" by Spanish Conquistadors in South America in the sixteenth century. They learned about stevia from the local Guarani and Mato Grosso Indians who used stevia leaves to sweeten their medicines and teas. They called the plant CAA-HEE (Honey Leaf).

The early European settlers used stevia leaves to sweeten their teas, foods and drinks. They called it Yerba Dulce (Sweet Herb). Later the Gauchos of the region used Stevia leaves to sweeten their Mate tea.

Stevia Described Botanically

In 1899 Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni was first botanically described by the botanist M.S. Bertoni. In 1908 Rasenack reported the presence of various sweeteners in Stevia and in 1931 Briedel and Lavieille began to crystallize Stevioside an extract of the stevia leaf.
In 1970's Japan Approves Stevioside for food use instead of artificial sweeteners over health concerns

Around 1970,Japan began to prohibit the use of artificial laboratory made chemical sweeteners, due to health concerns. Convinced of the safety of Stevia and Stevioside it approved Stevia and Stevioside as sweeteners and flavor enhancers for food use in Japan. This move intensified the already ongoing Japanese studies of Stevioside for commercial production and use.
By 1977 the Maruzen Kasei Co., Ltd. started extracting Stevioside on a commercial basis in Japan.
Japan's Transition to Stevia Extract (white powder) Stevioside

Stevioside has been approved and widely used in Japan for over 25 years. It is also approved and used in Brazil, Paraguay, Korea, Thailand, and China among others. It is used in modern industrial countries as a table top sweetener, in soft drinks, baked goods, pickles, fruit juices, tobacco products, confectionery uses, jams and jellies, candies, yogurts, pastries, chewing gum, sherbets, toothpaste, etc.

In fact Stevia and its extract Stevioside have reportedly captured over 50% of the Japanese market. In China it has captured from 15%-75% of various food stuffs such as baked goods, canned foods, pickles, beverages, alcohol, fish, meat, gum, and more. Major multinational food companies convinced of its safety, use Stevia extracts to sweeten foods for sale in Japan, Brazil, China, and other countries where it is approved as a table top sweetener.

Smarter Health Corporation does not sell Stevia or Stevioside in the USA as a "Sweetener" or "Flavor Enhancer" because the United States FDA only allows stevia and stevia extract stevioside to be sold in the USA as a ":Dietary Supplement" or "Dietary Supplement Ingredient."

Stevioside has won special interest from diabetics, persons with hyperglycemia, overweight persons, people with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and the diet conscious. Stevia and stevioside had been safely used in this country for decades. But in the 1980’s, shortly after the Monsanto owned artificial sweetener aspartame was approved for use the trouble for stevia and stevia extract stevioside began. Out of the blue, in the late 1980’s the FDA banned Stevia and Stevioside. Even owning a plant was illegal.
1991 FDA reverses itself and allows Stevia and Stevioside to be sold in the USA... as dietary supplements

In 1991 after much protest, letter writing, congressional questioning, and legal challenges, the FDA finally relented and declared that stevia and stevia extract stevioside could be imported and sold in the USA........with the caveat that it was labeled and only sold as a dietary supplement, or component of a dietary supplement. Pure unadulterated stevia and stevioside is completely safe for human consumption. This has been proven by numerous studies and Stevia and stevia extract stevioside use without problems around the world.

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