Free Tibet
Toward a Free Tibet
We help to raise awareness of Tibet. Everyone is welcome to join this group.
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Created: Mar 18, 2008
Updated: Nov 21, 2009
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→ Respect for the nature
→ Activities & investments in sustainable development and Fairtrade
→ Use of ingredients out of organic farming or ingredients without chemical treatments
(R)EVOLUTION
It was always important for us to have a healthy and balanced diet, but we were not happy with just drinking water or creating our own drinks with specific ingredients that were not always available on the everyday market. Because we couldn’t mix our favourite drinks every time we wanted we had to make exceptions and bought common sport and soft drinks on the market. Just to find out once more how much sugar, calories and chemical ingredients those drinks contain. A brief look on the ingredients list on those bottles made us realise how high the demand of a drink with 100% natural ingredients without sugar and chemical additives would be.
Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni is a small shrub belonging to the Asteraceae family, native to Paraguay.
Its extracts, steviol glycosides, having up to 300 times the sweetness of sugar without any calories.
Therefore Stevia rebaudiana has garnered attention with the rise in demand for low-carbohydrate food alternatives. Stevia also has shown promise in medical research for treating such conditions as obesity and high blood pressure. Stevia has negligible effect on blood glucose, therefore it is attractive as a natural sweetener to diabetics and others on carbohydrate-controlled diets.
The advantages of Stevia:
- 100% natural sweetener
- Steviol Glycoside (Extract) has no calories
- Sweetening power of about 300 times the sugar one
- It requires just small quantities
- No aftertaste (if dosed correctly)
- No risk of cavities
- No harm for diabetics (type II