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Hey Sandi,
That's very interesting. I didn't know that you could even get the whole plant let alone grow it! I'll look at Whole Foods last time I go. What part of the country do you live in and how hard is it to grow stevia? Is it perennial or annual? What kind of soil etc.?
How do they make agave nectar? Why is it toxic? I can eat a little of it in a raw food recipe, but I can't eat it plain - which is a give-away that it isn't all that it's cracked up to be. My mother and husband who aren't raw put it in raw chocolate powder and eat it. I simply can't. I eat raw chocolate with dates instead. I get some raw food goodies from a great raw food juice bar called Daily Juice here in Austin and sometimes the treats make me sick, but I was wondering if it was the coconut oil. It didn't occur to me that it might be the agave.
But then again, I can't eat raw honey either. I can't figure why that is. I'm sure it doesn't have to do with sugar content because I can drink big glasses of fruit juice and gads of dates with no problem. Is raw honey considered a processed sugar too?
Thanks for info on Stevia!!!
Greenbunny
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