Earlier this summer, The World Health Organization’s cancer agency deemed the sweetener aspartame — found in diet soda and countless other foods — a “possible” cause of cancer. Another group found it ...

Stevia may provide more benefits than as a zero-calorie sugar substitute. When fermented with bacteria isolated from banana leaves, stevia extract kills off pancreatic cancer cells but doesn't harm ...

MaryJane Butters is an organic lifestyle expert and the editor of MaryJanesFarm magazine. to her at everydayorganic@maryjanesfarm.org. More and more people are developing a lower tolerance for sugar, ...

Is stevia, an extract 300 times more potent than sugar, the no-fat, no-calorie "natural" sweetener that soda and juice lovers have been thirsting for? Since the Food and Drug Administration approved ...

Researchers at Hiroshima University in Japan have unveiled groundbreaking laboratory findings indicating that fermented stevia leaf extract possesses potent anti-cancer properties specifically ...

Stevia leaf extract is often considered a safe and healthy sugar substitute, potentially reducing calorie intake, blood sugar levels, and the chance of developing cavities. However, some safety ...

Could a common sweetener that’s already in the kitchen cupboards in many American homes — stevia — prove to be an effective treatment for a disease as nasty and persistent as Lyme disease? But ...