You may be wondering if it's safe to consume stevia during pregnancy. Learn more about the benefits, risks, and precautions of using this non-nutritive sweetener.

The Food & Drug Administration rates stevia as "Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS)." GRAS means people can add stevia to the foods they apply in the U.S., like coffee or baked goods, if they fancy.

The stevia used in food products is actually stevia leaf extract, explains Lisa Lefferts, M.S.P.H., senior scientist for the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI).

When stevia first hit the U.S. market in 2008, many in the nutritional community were over the moon about the health potential of this new sugar substitute. There was finally a “natural” sugar ...

Stevia is a safe and natural, calorie-free sugar substitute and is commonly used to sweeten a number of foods and beverages. [BBC] Studies have shown it to be a safe and natural, calorie-free ...

Erythritol is about 70% as sweet as table sugar, while stevia is 200-400 times sweeter than sugar, so you would need to use more erythritol than you would stevia to reach your desired sweetness level.

Preliminary study reveals that fermented stevia extract may help fight pancreatic cancer cells, though experts caution that ...

In the case of stevia, a simple quest for a natural sweetener has evolved into something potentially far more profound: a stepping stone toward a cancer therapy that’s natural, targeted and cost ...